How to insert multiple records in table Laravel 5

Posted 8 years ago By Ajay Gupta 174790

When you are working with hasMany relationship then you will need to insert multiple record at a time in a table.

Here you will find how many ways you can insert multiple record in a table and how to insert multiple records in a linked table(in case of hasMany relationship).

Syntax are :

DB::table('your_table_name')->insert(array('array_data1','array_data2'....));

DB::table('your_table_name')->insert(array('array_data1','array_data2'....));

DB::table('products')->insert(array(
array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal"),
array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example"),
);

DB::table('products')->insert(array(array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal"),array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example"),);

$data1 = array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal");
$data2 = array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example");
DB::table('products')->insert(array($data1,$data2));

$data1 = array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal");$data2 = array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example");DB::table('products')->insert(array($data1,$data2));

This was example using DB query builder now i will insert multiple records using laravel eloquent model.

$data = array(
    array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal"),
    array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example"),
    //...
);
Product::insert($data); // Eloquent

$data = array(    array("id"=>'1',"name"=>"expertphp","details"=>"Learning Portal"),    array("id"=>'2',"name"=>"demo.expertphp.in","details"=>"Find running example"),    //...);Product::insert($data); // Eloquent

Now I will tell you how to insert multiple records in table when you are working with hasMany relationship.

Suppose you have a table User and relatively a Comment table and User table has many comment and each comment belongs to user so when you are inserting multiple comments related models user then you can use saveMany method.

$user = App\User::find(1);
$user->comments()->saveMany([
    new App\Comment(['message' => 'First comment.']),
    new App\Comment(['message' => 'Second comment.']),
]);

$user = App\User::find(1);$user->comments()->saveMany([    new App\Comment(['message' => 'First comment.']),    new App\Comment(['message' => 'Second comment.']),]);

You can try this in your application when you need to insert bulk records at a time in a table using either query builder or using eloquent.