Laravel - seeding large SQL file

Question

A memory exhaustion happens when I run my DB seed script in production.

Below is my seed script.

class MembershipTableSeeder extends Seeder 
{
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Answer 1

For others who prefer a more Laravel-ish solution, this is how I handled it:

/**
 * This class is responsible for running the data dump sql.
 * It is recommended to update this class instead of creating new ones for new database content dumps.
 */
class DatabaseDumpSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     * @throws \Exception
     */
    public function run()
    {
        // Note: these dump files must be generated with DELETE (or TRUNCATE) + INSERT statements
        $sql = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/dumps/dump-20150709.sql');

        if (! str_contains($sql, ['DELETE', 'TRUNCATE'])) {
            throw new Exception('Invalid sql file. This will not empty the tables first.');
        }

        // split the statements, so DB::statement can execute them.
        $statements = array_filter(array_map('trim', explode(';', $sql)));

        foreach ($statements as $stmt) {
            DB::statement($stmt);
        }
    }
}