Create User using artisan tinker

Original: https://blog.indiefolk.co.uk/laravel-4-create-users-with-artisan-tinker/

php artisan tinker

Create a new user (use whatever fields you need e.g. username, email)

$user = new \App\User();
$user->first_name = 'Joe';
$user->last_name = 'Doe';
$user->email = 'joed@somemail.sometld';
$user->password = bcrypt('password');
$user->save();