This is the trick i use whenever i want to seed states or countries. I simply put the states inside an array and create a loop through the array and save each record into the database instead of repeating the instance to save the records.
Laravel MySQL in default returns "SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value" error in emoji save...
this error is because Laravel in default uses utf8 charset in MySQL,
change your `config/database.php` like below and reset your migration instead putting out that error...
X-editable allows you to create editable elements on your page. It can be used with any engine (bootstrap, jquery-ui, jquery only) and includes both popup and inline modes.
Let's have a quick look at implementing this in Laravel apps.