diff --git a/eloquent-factories.md b/eloquent-factories.md index afb6383f02..4649992e29 100644 --- a/eloquent-factories.md +++ b/eloquent-factories.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Eloquent: Factories +one# Eloquent: Factories - [Introduction](#introduction) - [Defining Model Factories](#defining-model-factories) @@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ public function definition(): array ### Recycling an Existing Model for Relationships -If you have models that share a common relationship with another model, you may use the `recycle` method to ensure a single instance of the related model is recycled for all of the relationships created by the factory. +For factories that include relationships, you may use the `recycle` method to ensure a single instance of the related model is recycled for all of the relationships created by the factory. +For relationships outside of the factory (like a many-to-many), see [HasAttached()](#pivot-table-attributes). For example, imagine you have `Airline`, `Flight`, and `Ticket` models, where the ticket belongs to an airline and a flight, and the flight also belongs to an airline. When creating tickets, you will probably want the same airline for both the ticket and the flight, so you may pass an airline instance to the `recycle` method: