Updated to Laravel 9, small fixes, and more

database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php

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+<?php
+
+use App\User;
+use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+
+class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
+{
+    /**
+     * Seed the application's database.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function run()
+    {
+        $this->call(PermissionSeeder::class);
+        $user = User::create([
+            'firstname' => 'Admin',
+            'surname' => '',
+            'email' => 'admin@localhost',
+            'password' => Hash::make('admin'),
+        ]);
+
+        DB::table('users')->where('id', $user->id)->update([
+            'email_verified_at' => DB::raw('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP')
+        ]);
+
+        $user->assignRole('administrator');
+    }
+}