1, 'content' => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/post-content.txt'), ); // Initialize empty array $posts = array(); // Blog post 1 $date = new DateTime; $posts[] = array_merge($common, array( 'title' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet', 'slug' => 'lorem-ipsum-dolor-sit-amet', 'created_at' => $date->modify('-10 day'), 'updated_at' => $date->modify('-10 day'), )); // Blog post 2 $date = new DateTime; $posts[] = array_merge($common, array( 'title' => 'Vivendo suscipiantur vim te vix', 'slug' => 'vivendo-suscipiantur-vim-te-vix', 'created_at' => $date->modify('-4 day'), 'updated_at' => $date->modify('-4 day'), )); // Blog post 3 $date = new DateTime; $posts[] = array_merge($common, array( 'title' => 'In iisque similique reprimique eum', 'slug' => 'in-iisque-similique-reprimique-eum', 'created_at' => $date->modify('-2 day'), 'updated_at' => $date->modify('-2 day'), )); // Delete all the blog posts DB::table('posts')->truncate(); // Insert the blog posts Post::insert($posts); } }