createMany & createManyQuietly add count argument (#48048)

Author: JHWelch

src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Factories/Factory.php

@@ -235,11 +235,15 @@ public function createOneQuietly($attributes = [])
     /**
      * Create a collection of models and persist them to the database.
      *
-     * @param  iterable<int, array<string, mixed>>  $records
+     * @param  int|iterable<int, array<string, mixed>>  $records
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|TModel>
      */
-    public function createMany(iterable $records)
+    public function createMany(int|iterable $records)
     {
+        if (is_numeric($records)) {
+            $records = array_fill(0, $records, []);
+        }
+
         return new EloquentCollection(
             collect($records)->map(function ($record) {
                 return $this->state($record)->create();
@@ -250,10 +254,10 @@ public function createMany(iterable $records)
     /**
      * Create a collection of models and persist them to the database without dispatching any model events.
      *
-     * @param  iterable<int, array<string, mixed>>  $records
+     * @param  int|iterable<int, array<string, mixed>>  $records
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|TModel>
      */
-    public function createManyQuietly(iterable $records)
+    public function createManyQuietly(int|iterable $records)
     {
         return Model::withoutEvents(function () use ($records) {
             return $this->createMany($records);

tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentFactoryTest.php

@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ public function test_basic_model_can_be_created()
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $users);
         $this->assertCount(2, $users);
 
+        $users = FactoryTestUserFactory::new()->createMany(2);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $users);
+        $this->assertCount(2, $users);
+
         $users = FactoryTestUserFactory::times(10)->create();
         $this->assertCount(10, $users);
     }

types/Database/Eloquent/Factories/Factory.php

@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ public function definition()
 assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model>', $factory->createMany(
     [['string' => 'string']]
 ));
+assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model>', $factory->createMany(3));
 
 // assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, User>', $factory->createManyQuietly([['string' => 'string']]));
 assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model>', $factory->createManyQuietly(
     [['string' => 'string']]
 ));
+assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model>', $factory->createManyQuietly(3));
 
 // assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, User>|User', $factory->create());
 // assertType('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection<int, User>|User', $factory->create([