Insert Multiple Documents

You can insert multiple documents into a collection by calling the insert() method on an Eloquent model or a query builder.

To insert multiple documents, call the insert() method and specify the new documents as an array inside the method call. Each array entry contains a single document's field values.

Tip

To learn more about insert operations, see the Insert Documents section of the Write Operations guide.

Example

Select from the following Eloquent and Query Builder tabs to view usage examples for the same operation that use each corresponding query syntax:

This example performs the following actions:

Uses the Movie Eloquent model to represent the movies collection in the sample_mflix database
Inserts documents into the movies collection
Prints whether the insert operation succeeds

The example calls the insert() method to insert documents that represent movies released in 2023. If the insert operation is successful, it returns a value of 1. If the operation fails, it throws an exception.

$success = Movie::insert([
    [
        'title' => 'Anatomy of a Fall',
        'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-08-23')),
    ],
    [
        'title' => 'The Boy and the Heron',
        'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-12-08')),
    ],
    [
        'title' => 'Passages',
        'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-06-28')),
    ],
]);
echo 'Insert operation success: ' . ($success ? 'yes' : 'no');

Insert operation success: yes

This example performs the following actions:

Accesses the movies collection by calling the table() method from the DB facade
Inserts documents into the movies collection
Prints whether the insert operation succeeds

$success = DB::table('movies')
    ->insert([
        [
            'title' => 'Anatomy of a Fall',
            'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-08-23')),
        ],
        [
            'title' => 'The Boy and the Heron',
            'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-12-08')),
        ],
        [
            'title' => 'Passages',
            'release_date' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('2023-06-28')),
        ],
    ]);
echo 'Insert operation success: ' . ($success ? 'yes' : 'no');

Insert operation success: yes

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