From abe5d70f87b39c51d5fee1e92d2c749bf8c392b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Gregory <mark.gregory@mpba.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:40:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] new admin users seeder

---
 database/seeders/AdminUserSeeder.php | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php  | 11 +++-
 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 database/seeders/AdminUserSeeder.php

diff --git a/database/seeders/AdminUserSeeder.php b/database/seeders/AdminUserSeeder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae757eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/seeders/AdminUserSeeder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Database\Seeders;
+
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use RuntimeException;
+use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
+
+class AdminUserSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        if (! $this->command) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(
+                'AdminUserSeeder must be run interactively through Artisan.'
+            );
+        }
+
+        $name = trim((string) $this->command->ask(
+            'Administrator name',
+            'Administrator'
+        ));
+
+        $email = strtolower(trim((string) $this->command->ask(
+            'Administrator email',
+            'admin@example.com'
+        )));
+
+        if (User::query()->where('email', $email)->exists()) {
+            $this->command->warn(
+                "A user with the email {$email} already exists. No changes were made."
+            );
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        do {
+            $password = $this->command->secret(
+                'Administrator password'
+            );
+
+            $confirmation = $this->command->secret(
+                'Confirm administrator password'
+            );
+
+            if (! is_string($password) || strlen($password) < 12) {
+                $this->command->error(
+                    'The password must contain at least 12 characters.'
+                );
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($password !== $confirmation) {
+                $this->command->error(
+                    'The passwords do not match.'
+                );
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            break;
+        } while (true);
+
+        $role = Role::firstOrCreate([
+            'name' => 'admin',
+            'guard_name' => 'web',
+        ]);
+
+        $user = User::query()->create([
+            'name' => $name,
+            'email' => $email,
+            'password' => Hash::make($password),
+            'email_verified_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        $user->assignRole($role);
+
+        $this->command->newLine();
+        $this->command->info(
+            "Administrator account created for {$user->email}."
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php b/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
index 6b901f8..bf3d9cd 100644
--- a/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
     {
         // User::factory(10)->create();
 
-        User::factory()->create([
-            'name' => 'Test User',
-            'email' => 'test@example.com',
+        //User::factory()->create([
+        //    'name' => 'Test User',
+        //    'email' => 'test@example.com',
+        //]);
+
+        $this->call([
+            AdminUserSeeder::class,
         ]);
+
     }
 }