Functionalities

  • Loop generates N number of fake data.
  • Fake table sets fake data inside a given Entity/Object.
  • Fake template returns fake data inside a given template source.
  • Fake entity sets fake data inside a given Entity/Object.
  • Regular expression support
  • Seed sets a fixed seed number for having on each call the same data.

Loop

The loop, allows to generate multiple fake data in one line of code.

$fakerino->fake('Name')->num(100);

The num() method is also available for complex fake data and fakeTable.

Fake table

The fakeTable method supports Mysql, Sqlite, PostgresSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL.

$fakerino->num(100)->fakeTable('tableName');

The database connection must be set trough configuration’s values.

//mysql example
$conf['database'] = array(
    'dbname' => 'mydb',
    'user' => 'user',
    'password' => 'secret',
    'host' => 'localhost',
    'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
);

//sqlite example
$conf['database'] = array(
    'path' => __DIR__ . '/mytable.sqlite',
    'driver' => 'pdo_sqlite'
);

For further database configuration please read the Doctrine Dbal configuration.

Fake template

Providing a [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) template, Fakerino can render the template with fake data inside. the fakeTemplate method accept both file or string.

Inline template:

//string
$fakerino->fakeTemplate('Hello Mr {{ surname }}');
//output: Hello Mr Brown

Loading external template file:

//file.php
$fakerino->fakeTemplate('template/path/response.xml');

//response.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<response>
  <person>
     <name>{{ namemale }}</name>
     <surname>{{ surname }}</surname>
  </person>
</response>

Fake entity

The fake entity method, receive an Entity class in input and insert fake in every public properties and non public properties exposed by a public method setter.

$myEntity = new MyEntity();
$fakerino->fakeEntity($myEntity);

//entity example
class MyEntity
{
    public $one;
    private $two;
    static public $four;

    public function setTwo($two)
    {
        $this->two = $two;
    }
}

Note The pubblic setter name must start with ‘set’ (example: setMyVar)

Regular expression

To fake a regular expression just call the fake method with the expression value.

Example: $fakerino->fake('/\d{10}/');

Ouput: 0483791034

The regular expression could be used combined with configuration values. Example:

$arrayConfig = array('surname', 'threeCharText' => '/\w{3}/');
$fakerino->fake($arrayConfig);
//result:
//Brown
//abc

Seed

If the seed is defined for each program run, you will receive the same fake data.

$fakerino->seed(123);
$fakerino->fake('surname');