BadMethodCallException App\User::create() when seeding with zizaco - php

Question

I'm having an error when seeding to the database using laravel 5.5 the error message is below and there is my users class and my seeder class. What is happening is that one record is being inserted at a time when calling db:seed but after the first call it says BadMethodException rest below
[BadMethodCallException]
Call to undefined method App\User::create()
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Zizaco\Entrust\Traits\EntrustUserTrait;
use Eloquent;
class User extends Eloquent
{
use EntrustUserTrait;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
}
<?php
use App\User;
use Faker\Factory as Faker;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
class UsersTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* #return void
*/
public function run()
{
foreach (range(1, 100) as $index) {
$faker = Faker::create();
$user = User::create([
'name' => $faker->firstName . ' ' . $faker->lastName,
'email' => $faker->email,
'password' => bcrypt('secret')
]);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Your user model should extend
\Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
Or
\Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User
You are extending Eloquent
laravel/laravel repository: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/app/User.php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'email', 'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
}

Answer 2

Your User class needs to extend to Model class
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class User extends Model
{
...
}
EDIT
This is my User
<?php namespace App;
use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\CanResetPassword;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;
class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, CanResetPasswordContract {
use Authenticatable, CanResetPassword;
protected $table = 'users';
protected $fillable = ['name', 'email', 'password'];
protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];
}
Hope it helps!