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How to Store Countries, States, Cities seed classes into the Database in Laravel PHP? (Part-2)

How to Store Countries, States, Cities seed classes into the Database in Laravel PHP?

Part-1 Part-3

Step 1. Create a State seeder file. Write down the following command as follows:

$  php artisan make:seeder StatesTableSeeder

Step 2. Create a State model. Write down the following command as follows:

$  php artisan make:model State -m

Step 3. Add columns into Country table.

 public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('states', function (Blueprint $table) {
           $table->bigIncrements('state_id');
            $table->string('state_name');
            $table->integer('country_id');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

Step 4. Go to Database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder file. Write down the following command as follows to add State seeder class:

 public function run()
    {
        $this->call(CountriesTableSeeder::class);
        $this->call(StatesTableSeeder::class);
    }

Step 5. Go to Database/seeds/CountriesTableSeeder file.

Step 6. Migrate the tables into the MySQL database.

$ php artisan migrate

Step 7. Run the seeder class file individually.

$  php artisan db:seed --class=StatesTableSeeder

Step 8. Go to app\http\Controllers\MainController.php file. Define funcitions of Country and State.

Step 9. Then, go to routes/web.php file and define all these routes.

Route::get('/getStates/{id}','MainController@getStates');

Thanks