PHP code example of micro-module / faker

    
        
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

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micro-module / faker example snippets

# When installed via composer

# Load Fakers own autoloader

// use the factory to create a Faker\Generator instance
$faker = Faker\Factory::create();

// generate data by accessing properties
echo $faker->name;
  // 'Lucy Cechtelar';
echo $faker->address;
  // "426 Jordy Lodge
  // Cartwrightshire, SC 88120-6700"
echo $faker->text;
  // Dolores sit sint laboriosam dolorem culpa et autem. Beatae nam sunt fugit
  // et sit et mollitia sed.
  // Fuga deserunt tempora facere magni omnis. Omnis quia temporibus laudantium
  // sit minima sint.

for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
  echo $faker->name, "\n";
}
  // Adaline Reichel
  // Dr. Santa Prosacco DVM
  // Noemy Vandervort V
  // Lexi O'Conner
  // Gracie Weber
  // Roscoe Johns
  // Emmett Lebsack
  // Keegan Thiel
  // Wellington Koelpin II
  // Ms. Karley Kiehn V

// unique() forces providers to return unique values
$values = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
  // get a random digit, but always a new one, to avoid duplicates
  $values []= $faker->unique()->randomDigit;
}
print_r($values); // [4, 1, 8, 5, 0, 2, 6, 9, 7, 3]

// providers with a limited range will throw an exception when no new unique value can be generated
$values = array();
try {
  for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
    $values []= $faker->unique()->randomDigitNotNull;
  }
} catch (\OverflowException $e) {
  echo "There are only 9 unique digits not null, Faker can't generate 10 of them!";
}

// you can reset the unique modifier for all providers by passing true as first argument
$faker->unique($reset = true)->randomDigitNotNull; // will not throw OverflowException since unique() was reset
// tip: unique() keeps one array of values per provider

// optional() sometimes bypasses the provider to return a default value instead (which defaults to NULL)
$values = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
  // get a random digit, but also null sometimes
  $values []= $faker->optional()->randomDigit;
}
print_r($values); // [1, 4, null, 9, 5, null, null, 4, 6, null]

// optional() accepts a weight argument to specify the probability of receiving the default value.
// 0 will always return the default value; 1 will always return the provider. Default weight is 0.5 (50% chance).
$faker->optional($weight = 0.1)->randomDigit; // 90% chance of NULL
$faker->optional($weight = 0.9)->randomDigit; // 10% chance of NULL

// optional() accepts a default argument to specify the default value to return.
// Defaults to NULL.
$faker->optional($weight = 0.5, $default = false)->randomDigit; // 50% chance of FALSE
$faker->optional($weight = 0.9, $default = 'abc')->word; // 10% chance of 'abc'

// valid() only accepts valid values according to the passed validator functions
$values = array();
$evenValidator = function($digit) {
	return $digit % 2 === 0;
};
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
	$values []= $faker->valid($evenValidator)->randomDigit;
}
print_r($values); // [0, 4, 8, 4, 2, 6, 0, 8, 8, 6]

// just like unique(), valid() throws an overflow exception when it can't generate a valid value
$values = array();
try {
  $faker->valid($evenValidator)->randomElement([1, 3, 5, 7, 9]);
} catch (\OverflowException $e) {
  echo "Can't pick an even number in that set!";
}

$faker->optional()->passthrough(mt_rand(5, 15));

$faker = Faker\Factory::create('fr_FR'); // create a French faker
for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
  echo $faker->name, "\n";
}
  // Luce du Coulon
  // Auguste Dupont
  // Roger Le Voisin
  // Alexandre Lacroix
  // Jacques Humbert-Roy
  // Thérèse Guillet-Andre
  // Gilles Gros-Bodin
  // Amélie Pires
  // Marcel Laporte
  // Geneviève Marchal

$generator = \Faker\Factory::create();
$populator = new \Faker\ORM\Propel\Populator($generator);
$populator->addEntity('Author', 5);
$populator->addEntity('Book', 10);
$insertedPKs = $populator->execute();

$populator->addEntity('Book', 5, array(
  'ISBN' => function() use ($generator) { return $generator->ean13(); }
));

$populator->addEntity('Book', 5, array(
  'CreatedAt' => null,
  'UpdatedAt' => null,
));

print_r($insertedPKs);
// array(
//   'Author' => (34, 35, 36, 37, 38),
//   'Book'   => (456, 457, 458, 459, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475)
// )

$populator->addEntity('Book', 5, array(), array(
  function($book) { $book->publish(); },
));

$faker = Faker\Factory::create();
$faker->seed(1234);

echo $faker->name; // 'Jess Mraz I';

> 
> // even when seeded, this line will return different results because $max varies
> $faker->dateTime(); // equivalent to $faker->dateTime($max = 'now')
> // make sure you fix the $max parameter
> $faker->dateTime('2014-02-25 08:37:17'); // will return always the same date when seeded
> 

> 
> // bad
> $faker->realText(rand(10,20));
> // good
> $faker->realText($faker->numberBetween(10,20));
> 

$faker = new Faker\Generator();
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\en_US\Person($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\en_US\Address($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\en_US\PhoneNumber($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\en_US\Company($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\Lorem($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new Faker\Provider\Internet($faker));

namespace Faker\Provider;

class Book extends \Faker\Provider\Base
{
  public function title($nbWords = 5)
  {
    $sentence = $this->generator->sentence($nbWords);
    return substr($sentence, 0, strlen($sentence) - 1);
  }

  public function ISBN()
  {
    return $this->generator->ean13();
  }
}

$faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Book($faker));

$book = new Book();
$book->setTitle($faker->title);
$book->setISBN($faker->ISBN);
$book->setSummary($faker->text);
$book->setPrice($faker->randomNumber(2));

r = Faker\Factory::create();

echo $faker->idNumber;      // ID number
echo $faker->nationalIdNumber // Citizen ID number
echo $faker->foreignerIdNumber // Foreigner ID number
echo $faker->companyIdNumber // Company ID number

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber // "SA0218IBYZVZJSEC8536V4XC"

echo $faker->vat;           // "AT U12345678" - Austrian Value Added Tax number
echo $faker->vat(false);    // "ATU12345678" - unspaced Austrian Value Added Tax number

echo $faker->vat;           // "BG 0123456789" - Bulgarian Value Added Tax number
echo $faker->vat(false);    // "BG0123456789" - unspaced Bulgarian Value Added Tax number

echo $faker->region; // "Liberecký kraj"

// Generates a valid IČO
echo $faker->ico; // "69663963"

echo $faker->monthNameGenitive; // "prosince"
echo $faker->formattedDate; // "12. listopadu 2015"

echo $faker->birthNumber; // "7304243452"

// Generates a random CPR number
echo $faker->cpr; // "051280-2387"

// Generates a random 'kommune' name
echo $faker->kommune; // "Frederiksberg"

// Generates a random region name
echo $faker->region; // "Region Sjælland"

// Generates a random CVR number
echo $faker->cvr; // "32458723"

// Generates a random P number
echo $faker->p; // "5398237590"

// Generates a random AVS13/AHV13 social security number
echo $faker->avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97" OR
echo $faker->ahv13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "DE41849025553661169313"
echo $faker->bank; // "Volksbank Stuttgart"

// Generates a fake town name based on the words commonly found in Hong Kong
echo $faker->town; // "Yuen Long"

// Generates a fake village name based on the words commonly found in Hong Kong
echo $faker->village; // "O Tau"

// Generates a fake estate name based on the words commonly found in Hong Kong
echo $faker->estate; // "Ching Lai Court"

// Generates a Hong Kong mobile number (starting with 5, 6 or 9)
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "92150087"

// Generates a Hong Kong landline number (starting with 2 or 3)
echo $faker->landlineNumber; // "32750132"

// Generates a Hong Kong fax number (starting with 7)
echo $faker->faxNumber; // "71937729"

// Generates a random region name
echo $faker->region; // 'Katsina'

// Generates a random person name
echo $faker->name; // 'Oluwunmi Mayowa'

// Generates a cell (mobile) phone number
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "021 123 4567"

// Generates a toll free number
echo $faker->tollFreeNumber; // "0800 123 456"

// Area Code
echo $faker->areaCode; // "03"

// Generate a random Employer Identification Number
echo $faker->ein; // '12-3456789'

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber;  // '51915734310'
echo $faker->bankRoutingNumber;  // '212240302'

// Generates a random Social Security Number
echo $faker->ssn; // '123-45-6789'

// Generates a random company registration number
echo $faker->companyNumber; // 1999/789634/01

// Generates a random national identification number
echo $faker->idNumber; // 6606192211041

// Generates a random valid licence code
echo $faker->licenceCode; // EB

// Generates a special rate toll free phone number
echo $faker->tollFreeNumber; // 0800 555 5555

// Generates a mobile phone number
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // 082 123 5555

// Generates a Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) number
echo $faker->dni; // '77446565E'

// Generates a random valid licence code
echo $faker->licenceCode; // B

// Generates a Código de identificación Fiscal (CIF) number
echo $faker->vat;           // "A35864370"

// Generates a special rate toll free phone number
echo $faker->tollFreeNumber; // 900 123 456

// Generates a mobile phone number
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // +34 612 12 24

// Generates a Peruvian Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) number
echo $faker->dni; // '83367512'

// Generates a valid nationalCode
echo $faker->nationalCode; // "0078475759"

// Generates a random building name
echo $faker->building; // "ساختمان آفتاب"

// Returns a random city name
echo $faker->city // "استان زنجان"

// Generates a random contract type
echo $faker->contract; // "رسمی"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "FI8350799879879616"

//Generates a valid Finnish personal identity number (in Finnish - Henkilötunnus)
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber() // '170974-007J'

//Since the numbers are different for male and female persons, optionally you can specify gender.
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber(\DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2015-12-14'), 'female') // '141215A520B'

echo $faker->vat;           // "BE 0123456789" - Belgian Value Added Tax number
echo $faker->vat(false);    // "BE0123456789" - unspaced Belgian Value Added Tax number

// Generate a Cédula de identidad number, you can pass one argument to add separator
echo $faker->nationalId; // 'V11223344'

// Generates a R.I.F. number, you can pass one argument to add separators
echo $faker->taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // 'J1234567891'

// Generates a random AVS13/AHV13 social security number
echo $faker->avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

// Generates a random department name
echo $faker->departmentName; // "Haut-Rhin"

// Generates a random department number
echo $faker->departmentNumber; // "2B"

// Generates a random department info (department number => department name)
$faker->department; // array('18' => 'Cher');

// Generates a random region
echo $faker->region; // "Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon"

// Generates a random appartement,stair
echo $faker->secondaryAddress; // "Bat. 961"

// Generates a random SIREN number
echo $faker->siren; // 082 250 104

// Generates a random SIRET number
echo $faker->siret; // 347 355 708 00224

// Generates a random VAT
echo $faker->vat; // FR 12 123 456 789

// Generates a random NIR / Sécurité Sociale number
echo $faker->nir; // 1 88 07 35 127 571 - 19

// Generates phone numbers
echo $faker->phoneNumber; // +33 (0)1 67 97 01 31
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // +33 6 21 12 72 84
echo $faker->serviceNumber // 08 98 04 84 46

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber // "IL392237392219429527697"

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber // "HR3789114847226078672"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "HU09904437680048220079300783"

// Generates a random Nomor Induk Kependudukan (NIK)

// first argument is gender, either Person::GENDER_MALE or Person::GENDER_FEMALE, if none specified random gender is used
// second argument is birth date (DateTime object), if none specified, random birth date is used
echo $faker->nik(); // "8522246001570940"

// Generates a random AVS13/AHV13 social security number
echo $faker->avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

// Generates a random Vat Id
echo $faker->vatId(); // "IT98746784967"

// Generates a random Tax Id code (Codice fiscale)
echo $faker->taxId(); // "DIXDPZ44E08F367A"

// Generates a 'kana' name
echo $faker->kanaName($gender = null|'male'|'female') // "アオタ ミノル"

// Generates a 'kana' first name
echo $faker->firstKanaName($gender = null|'male'|'female') // "ヒデキ"

// Generates a 'kana' first name on the male
echo $faker->firstKanaNameMale // "ヒデキ"

// Generates a 'kana' first name on the female
echo $faker->firstKanaNameFemale // "マアヤ"

// Generates a 'kana' last name
echo $faker->lastKanaName; // "ナカジマ"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "GE33ZV9773853617253389"

// Generates an business identification number
echo $faker->businessIdentificationNumber; // "150140000019"

// Generates a random bank name
echo $faker->bank; // "Қазкоммерцбанк"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "KZ1076321LO4H6X41I37"

// Generates an individual identification number
echo $faker->individualIdentificationNumber; // "780322300455"

// Generates an individual identification number based on his/her birth date
echo $faker->individualIdentificationNumber(new \DateTime('1999-03-01')); // "990301300455"

// Generates a metropolitan city
echo $faker->metropolitanCity; // "서울특별시"

// Generates a borough
echo $faker->borough; // "강남구"

// Generates a local area phone numer
echo $faker->localAreaPhoneNumber; // "02-1234-4567"

// Generates a cell phone number
echo $faker->cellPhoneNumber; // "010-9876-5432"

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber // "LT300848876740317118"

// Generates a random personal identity card number
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber; // "140190-12301"

// Generates a random Malaysian township
echo $faker->township; // "Taman Bahagia"

// Generates a random Malaysian town address with matching postcode and state
echo $faker->townState; // "55100 Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur"

// Generates a random vehicle license plate number
echo $faker->jpjNumberPlate; // "WPL 5169"

// Generates a random Malaysian bank
echo $faker->bank; // "Maybank"

// Generates a random Malaysian bank account number (10-16 digits)
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "1234567890123456"

// Generates a random Malaysian insurance company
echo $faker->insurance; // "AIA Malaysia"

// Generates a random Malaysian bank SWIFT Code
echo $faker->swiftCode; // "MBBEMYKLXXX"

// Generates a random personal identity card (myKad) number
echo $faker->myKadNumber($gender = null|'male'|'female', $hyphen = null|true|false); // "710703471796"

// Generates a random Malaysian mobile number
echo $faker->mobileNumber($countryCodePrefix = null|true|false, $formatting = null|true|false); // "+6012-705 3767"

// Generates a random Malaysian landline number
echo $faker->fixedLineNumber($countryCodePrefix = null|true|false, $formatting = null|true|false); // "03-7112 0455"

// Generates a random Malaysian voip number
echo $faker->voipNumber($countryCodePrefix = null|true|false, $formatting = null|true|false); // "015-458 7099"

//Generates a Nepali district name
echo $faker->district;

//Generates a Nepali city name
echo $faker->cityName;

echo $faker->vat;           // "BE 0123456789" - Belgian Value Added Tax number
echo $faker->vat(false);    // "BE0123456789" - unspaced Belgian Value Added Tax number

echo $faker->rrn();         // "83051711784" - Belgian Rijksregisternummer
echo $faker->rrn('female'); // "50032089858" - Belgian Rijksregisternummer for a female

echo $faker->jobTitle; // "Houtbewerker"
echo $faker->vat; // "NL123456789B01" - Dutch Value Added Tax number
echo $faker->btw; // "NL123456789B01" - Dutch Value Added Tax number (alias)

echo $faker->idNumber; // "111222333" - Dutch Personal identification number (BSN)

// Generates a random Norwegian mobile phone number
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "+4799988777"
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "999 88 777"
echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "99988777"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "NO3246764709816"

// Generates a random PESEL number
echo $faker->pesel; // "40061451555"
// Generates a random personal identity card number
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber; // "AKX383360"
// Generates a random taxpayer identification number (NIP)
echo $faker->taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // '8211575109'

// Generates a random REGON number
echo $faker->regon; // "714676680"
// Generates a random local REGON number
echo $faker->regonLocal; // "15346111382836"

// Generates a random bank name
echo $faker->bank; // "Narodowy Bank Polski"
// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "PL14968907563953822118075816"

// Generates a random taxpayer identification number (in portuguese - Número de Identificação Fiscal NIF)
echo $faker->taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // '165249277'

// Generates a random region name
echo $faker->region; // 'Nordeste'

// Generates a random region abbreviation
echo $faker->regionAbbr; // 'NE'

echo $faker->areaCode;  // 21
echo $faker->cellphone; // 9432-5656
echo $faker->landline;  // 2654-3445
echo $faker->phone;     // random landline, 8-digit or 9-digit cellphone number

// Using the phone functions with a false argument returns unformatted numbers
echo $faker->cellphone(false); // 74336667

// cellphone() has a special second argument to add the 9th digit. Ignored if generated a Radio number
echo $faker->cellphone(true, true); // 98983-3945 or 7343-1290

// Using the "Number" suffix adds area code to the phone
echo $faker->cellphoneNumber;       // (11) 98309-2935
echo $faker->landlineNumber(false); // 3522835934
echo $faker->phoneNumber;           // formatted, random landline or cellphone (obeying the 9th digit rule)
echo $faker->phoneNumberCleared;    // not formatted, random landline or cellphone (obeying the 9th digit rule)

// The name generator may Adriano Sepúlveda Filho'

// Valid document generators have a boolean argument to remove formatting
echo $faker->cpf;        // '145.343.345-76'
echo $faker->cpf(false); // '45623467866'
echo $faker->rg;         // '84.405.736-3'
echo $faker->rg(false);  // '844057363'

// Generates a Brazilian formatted and valid CNPJ
echo $faker->cnpj;        // '23.663.478/0001-24'
echo $faker->cnpj(false); // '23663478000124'

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "MD83BQW1CKMUW34HBESDP3A8"

// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "RO55WRJE3OE8X3YQI7J26U1E"

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// Generates a random male name prefix/title
echo $faker->prefixMale; // "ing."
// Generates a random female name prefix/title
echo $faker->prefixFemale; // "d-na."
// Generates a random male first name
echo $faker->firstNameMale; // "Adrian"
// Generates a random female first name
echo $faker->firstNameFemale; // "Miruna"


// Generates a random Personal Numerical Code (CNP)
echo $faker->cnp; // "2800523081231"
// Valid option values:
//    $gender: null (random), male, female
//    $dateOfBirth (1800+): null (random), Y-m-d, Y-m (random day), Y (random month and day)
//          i.e. '1981-06-16', '2015-03', '1900'
//    $county: 2 letter ISO 3166-2:RO county codes and B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 for Bucharest's 6 sectors
//    $isResident true/false flag if the person resides in Romania
echo $faker->cnp($gender = null, $dateOfBirth = null, $county = null, $isResident = true);

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// Generates a random toll-free phone number
echo $faker->tollFreePhoneNumber; // "0800123456"
// Generates a random premium-rate phone number
echo $faker->premiumRatePhoneNumber; // "0900123456"

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// Generates a Russian bank name (based on list of real russian banks)
echo $faker->bank; // "ОТП Банк"

//Generate a Russian Tax Payment Number for Company
echo $faker->inn; //  7813540735

//Generate a Russian Tax Code for Company
echo $faker->kpp; // 781301001

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// Generates a random bank account number
echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "SE5018548608468284909192"

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//Generates a valid Swedish personal identity number (in Swedish - Personnummer)
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber() // '950910-0799'

//Since the numbers are different for male and female persons, optionally you can specify gender.
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber('female') // '950910-0781'

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//Generates a valid Turkish identity number (in Turkish - T.C. Kimlik No)
echo $faker->tcNo // '55300634882'

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// Generates a random bank name (based on list of real chinese banks)
echo $faker->bank; // '中国建设银行'

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// Generates an Ukraine bank name (based on list of real Ukraine banks)
echo $faker->bank; // "Ощадбанк"

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// Generates a random personal identify number
echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber; // A223456789

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// Generates a random VAT / Company Tax number
echo $faker->VAT; //23456789