Usage

Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you. Whether you need to bootstrap your database, create good-looking XML documents, fill-in your persistence to stress test it, or anonymize data taken from a production service, Faker is for you.

This Faker package has been made to answer all previous Faker conception problems.

• Huge download size (More than 3MB)
• Not handling extension well (for open source packages)
• Can't use multiple generators (unique / regex)
• Architecture caveats

Installation

Faker requires PHP >= 8.3.

composer require --dev xefi/faker-php

Basic usage

Using the faker instance you are able to call any extension methods directly.

$faker = new Xefi\Faker\Faker;

echo $faker->numberBetween(1, 10);

You might call the same instance multiple times for different results

for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
    echo $faker->numberBetween(1, 10);
}

// 4
// 7
// 3

Localization

By default, the locale is set to en_US. If you want to customize yours, see: https://github.com/TiagoDanin/Locale-Codes

Be aware that by default you also have extensions with no locales for your comfort. For example, by using the default package you have a colors extension with latin name.

You have two way to change the faker locale:

Globally

use Xefi\Faker\Faker;

$faker = new Faker('fr_FR');

$faker->name() // Marie Durand
$faker->name() // Pierre Dupont

For a single execution

use Xefi\Faker\Faker;

$faker = new Faker();

$faker->locale('fr_FR')->name() // Marie Durand
$faker->name() // John Doe (no locale)