/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
// get ids of all the students
$student_ids = \ATC\Student::lists('id');
$coursesPerStudent = 4;
// create Faker object
$faker = Faker::create();
foreach ($student_ids as $student_id) {
for ($i = 0; $i < $coursesPerStudent; $i++) {
// create model object
$course = new \ATC\Course();
$course->name = $faker->regexify('[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]') . ' ' . $faker->numberBetween(100, 1999);
$course->year = Carbon\Carbon::now()->year;
$course->term_id = 1;
$course->student_id = $student_id;
$course->save();
// insert new course in table
}
}
}
