exists()) { Role::create(['name' => $roleName]); } } // Check if the superuser already exists $user = User::firstOrCreate([ 'email' => 'superuser@admin.com', 'name' => 'superuser', 'password' => bcrypt('12341234'), ]); // Assign the role to the superuser $user->assignRole('admin'); // Create other users as before $users = [ ['name' => 'John Doe', 'email' => 'john@doe.com', 'role' => 'privileged'], ['name' => 'Chuck Norris', 'email' => 'chuck@norris.com'], ['name' => 'Marios Bros', 'email' => 'mario@bros.com'], ['name' => 'Ada Lovelace', 'email' => 'ada@lovelace.com'], ['name' => 'Hulk Hogan', 'email' => 'hulk@hogart.com'], ]; foreach ($users as $userData) { $user = User::firstOrCreate([ 'email' => $userData['email'], 'name' => $userData['name'], 'password' => bcrypt('12341234'), ]); if (array_key_exists('role', $userData) && $userData['role']) { $user->assignRole($userData['role']); } } } }