Laravel: Reset auto increment before re-seeding a table - php

Question

Is there a way to set auto increment back to 1 before seeding a table?
I empty the table before seeding it and if I didn't do migrate:refresh before seeding it then it continues the auto increment of the ID from the last position, e.g., 4.
Table seed:
public function run()
{
DB::table('products')->delete();
// Product table seeder
$product = new \App\Product([
'category_id' => 1,
'image_path' => '/images/products/1/000001.jpg',
'title' => 'test',
]);
$product->save();
}
Creating the table:
Schema::create('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('category_id')->references('id')->on('categories');
$table->string('image_path');
$table->string('title');
$table->timestamps();
});

Answer 1

Try this:
DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0');
DB::table('products')->truncate();
Instead of
DB::table('products')->delete();

Answer 2

If you're using make:migration or make:model -m commands to create a migration, Laravel is creating down() method with dropIfExists() clause:
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('products');
}
So when you run migrate:refresh command, Laravel will drop the table and will recraete it for you.
Also, you have foreign keys in the table, so you need to use dropForeign() first:
public function down()
{
Schema::table('products', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->dropForeign('products_category_id_foreign');
});
Schema::dropIfExists('products');
}