Using a Progress Bar while Seeding a database in Laravel

You can get access to output through $this->command->getOutput()

public function run(){    $this->command->getOutput()->progressStart(10);    for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {        sleep(1);        $this->command->getOutput()->progressAdvance();    }    $this->command->getOutput()->progressFinish();}

Here is my implementation code,

<?phpuse Illuminate\Database\Seeder;class MediaTypeTableSeeder extends Seeder{    /**     * Run the database seeds.     *     * @return void     */    public function run()    {        $media_types = [            ['name'=>'movie'],            ['name'=>'channel'],            ['name'=>'drama'],            // ['name'=>'ebook'],            // ['name'=>'shopping'],            // ['name'=>'reseller'],            // ['name'=>'broadcasting']        ];        $this->command->getOutput()->progressStart(count($media_types));        App\Models\Backoffice\MediaType::query()->delete();        foreach($media_types as $media_type){            App\Models\Backoffice\MediaType::create($media_type);            $this->command->getOutput()->progressAdvance();        }        $this->command->getOutput()->progressFinish();    }}

Your code isn't working because you're using $this->output in the wrong class. If you take a look again to the article you shared, $this-output is used in an Artisan command class.

In fact, every Artisan command is made with the Symfony Console component.

You're actually trying to use it in a database seeder :)

My suggestion: build your seeders and then call them with an "install" or "seed" customized command for your needs.