README

This package provides an easy way to manage car brands and models within a Laravel application. It includes migrations and seeders to populate the car brands and models tables with known data.

Installation

1. Add the package to your Laravel project

You can install this package into your Laravel project easily via Composer.

1. Install the package using Composer:

   composer require car/brands-models

This will download and install the latest stable version of the package directly from Packagist.

2. Publish Migrations and Seeders

After the package is installed, you can publish the migrations and seeders to your Laravel project.

Publish Everything at Once:

To publish both migrations and seeders in one command, run:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Car\BrandsModels\BrandsModelsServiceProvider"

This will copy the migrations and seeders to your Laravel project's database/migrations and database/seeders directories

Publish Migrations:

If you prefer to publish only the migrations, you can run:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Car\BrandsModels\BrandsModelsServiceProvider" --tag="car-brands-models-migrations"

This will copy the migrations for the car_brands and car_models tables to the database/migrations directory.

Publish Seeders:

To publish only the seeders, run:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Car\BrandsModels\BrandsModelsServiceProvider" --tag="car-brands-models-seeders"

This will copy the seeders for populating the tables with car brands and models to the database/seeders directory.

Note:

In some cases, you may need to use the --force option if there are restrictions preventing the files from being published, such as permission issues or conflicts. The --force flag ensures the files are copied successfully.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Car\BrandsModels\BrandsModelsServiceProvider" --tag="car-brands-models-migrations" --force
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Car\BrandsModels\BrandsModelsServiceProvider" --tag="car-brands-models-seeders" --force

3. Run Migrations and Seeders

Once the migrations and seeders are published, execute the following commands to create the tables and populate them with data:

1. Run the migrations:

   php artisan migrate

2. Run the seeders:

   php artisan db:seed --class="CarBrandsSeeder"
   php artisan db:seed --class="CarModelsSeeder"

4. Usage

Once the package is installed, you can use the car_brands and car_models tables in your Laravel application. You can interact with these tables through Eloquent models or directly in your controllers, repositories, or services.

5. Development Notes

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improving the package, feel free to open an issue or a pull request on the GitHub repository .

6. License

This package is open-source software licensed under the MIT license .