Laravel How can I have if statements in a factory? - laravel

Question

Currently trying to have my factory only fill in certain columns based on the product type. Is it even possible to do this in the first place? Thanks in advance.
Here is my code:
class ProductFactory extends Factory
{
protected $model = Product::class;
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* #return array
*/
public function definition()
{
$productType = ProductType::all();
$products = [[
'type_id'=>$productType->random()->id,
'name'=>$this->faker->catchPhrase,
'description'=>$this->faker->paragraph (2, true),
'price'=>$this->faker->randomFloat(2,5,20),
'stock'=>$this->faker->numberBetween(1,100),
]];
foreach($products as $key=>$product){
if($product['type_id'] = 1){
$product[$key]['pagelength'] = $this->faker->randomFloat(3,100,500);
}
elseif($product['type_id'] = 2){
$product[$key]['playlength']=$this->faker->randomFloat(2,40,140);
}
if($product['type_id'] = 3){
$product[$key]['pegi']=$this->faker->randomFloat(1,1,10);
}
}
}
}

Answer 1

The definition method in a factory is responsible to create a single record/instance/array of the model. So the definition shouldn't have a collection $products
Try the below which I guess will help you achieve what you want
class ProductFactory extends Factory
{
protected $model = Product::class;
/**
* Define the model's default state.
*
* #return array
*/
public function definition()
{
$productTypes = ProductType::all();
$productType = $productTypes->random()->id;
$product = [
'type_id'=>$productType,
'name'=>$this->faker->catchPhrase,
'description'=>$this->faker->paragraph (2, true),
'price'=>$this->faker->randomFloat(2,5,20),
'stock'=>$this->faker->numberBetween(1,100),
];
if($productType === 1) {
$product['pagelength'] = $this->faker->randomFloat(3,100,500);
}
if($productType === 2) {
$product['playlength'] = $this->faker->randomFloat(2,40,140);
}
if($productType === 3) {
$product['pegi'] = $this->faker->randomFloat(1,1,10);
}
return $product;
}
}