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laravel factory in custom namespace

<?php

namespace AppProviders;

use IlluminateSupportServiceProvider;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentFactoriesFactory;
use IlluminateSupportStr;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function boot()
    {
      	//Add THIS
        Factory::guessFactoryNamesUsing(function (string $model_name) {
            $namespace = 'DatabaseFactories';
            $model_name = Str::afterLast($model_name, '');
            return $namespace . $model_name . 'Factory';
        });
    }
}

laravel model custom factory

 // If you factory is out of standard, you can set an specifc
    // On your model, create a static method named newFactory

    protected static function newFactory()
    {
        return DatabaseFactoriesMyModelFactory::new();
    }

    //On your factory, add this
    protected $model = AppModelsMyModel::class;