commands.md

Persist command

Factories can also conveniently populate your database in order to test your application on the browser. The following command will persist 5 articles, each with 3 irish authors, considering that the ArticleFactory class features a withThreeIrishAuthors() method:

bin/cake fixture_factories_persist Authors -n 5 -m withThreeIrishAuthors

The option --dry-run or -d will display the output without persisting. The option -c will persist in the connection provided (default is test). The option -w will create associated fixtures.

The fixture_factories_persist command is featured on CakePHP 4 only (open to contribution for CakePHP 3).