Use Laravel seed and sql files to populate database - laravel-4

Question

I got several .sql files of countries, states and cities of the world from github. How can I run them with Laravel's seed files to populate those tables in my database?

Answer 1

Add DB::unprepared() to the run method of DatabaseSeeder.
Run php artisan db:seed at the command line.
class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder {
public function run()
{
Eloquent::unguard();
$this->call('UserTableSeeder');
$this->command->info('User table seeded!');
$path = 'app/developer_docs/countries.sql';
DB::unprepared(file_get_contents($path));
$this->command->info('Country table seeded!');
}
}

Answer 2

I found a package that creates seed files from database tables and rows. It currently supports Laravel 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9:
https://github.com/orangehill/iseed
In the end, it's basically as easy as this:
php artisan iseed my_table
or for multiple occasions:
php artisan iseed my_table,another_table

Answer 3

As used by other answers, DB::unprepared does not work with more complex SQL files.
Another better solution would be to use the MySQL cli directly inside a process:
$process = new Process([
'mysql',
'-h',
DB::getConfig('host'),
'-u',
DB::getConfig('username'),
'-p' . DB::getConfig('password'),
DB::getConfig('database'),
'-e',
"source path/to/schema.sql"
]);
$process->mustRun();

Answer 4

2022 Simplified answer from Andrew Koper :
class WhateverSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* #return void
*/
public function run()
{
$file_path = resource_path('sql/whatever.sql');
\DB::unprepared(
file_get_contents($file_path)
);
}
}
Fun fact: 60,000 rows took me 50s to import from JSON file where this is 400ms.

Answer 5

#Andre Koper solutions is understandable, but sadly it doesn't work for me.
This one is a bit confusing but atleast works for me.
So instead of using DB::unprepared, I use this:
// DatabaseSeeder.php
class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder {
public function run()
{
// Set the path of your .sql file
$sql = storage_path('a_id_territory.sql');
// You must change this one, its depend on your mysql bin.
$db_bin = "C:\wamp64\bin\mariadb\mariadb10.3.14\bin";
// PDO Credentials
$db = [
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
'host' => env('DB_HOST'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE')
];
exec("{$db_bin}\mysql --user={$db['username']} --password={$db['password']} --host={$db['host']} --database {$db['database']} < $sql");
}
}
Then while migrating database just add --seed
php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
or
php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
Tested on Laravel 7.0.x