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Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you
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Faker is a PHP library that generates fake data for you
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker
Owner: fzaninotto
License: mit
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Created: 2011-10-14T22:49:02.000Z (about 13 years ago)
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        # Faker

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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.

Faker is heavily inspired by Perl's [Data::Faker](http://search.cpan.org/~jasonk/Data-Faker-0.07/), and by ruby's [Faker](https://rubygems.org/gems/faker).

Faker requires PHP >= 5.3.3.

**Faker is archived**. Read the reasons behind this decision here: [https://marmelab.com/blog/2020/10/21/sunsetting-faker.html](https://marmelab.com/blog/2020/10/21/sunsetting-faker.html) 

# Table of Contents

- [Installation](#installation)

- [Basic Usage](#basic-usage)

- [Formatters](#formatters)

	- [Base](#fakerproviderbase)

	- [Lorem Ipsum Text](#fakerproviderlorem)

	- [Person](#fakerprovideren_usperson)

	- [Address](#fakerprovideren_usaddress)

	- [Phone Number](#fakerprovideren_usphonenumber)

	- [Company](#fakerprovideren_uscompany)

	- [Real Text](#fakerprovideren_ustext)

	- [Date and Time](#fakerproviderdatetime)

	- [Internet](#fakerproviderinternet)

	- [User Agent](#fakerprovideruseragent)

	- [Payment](#fakerproviderpayment)

	- [Color](#fakerprovidercolor)

	- [File](#fakerproviderfile)

	- [Image](#fakerproviderimage)

	- [Uuid](#fakerprovideruuid)

	- [Barcode](#fakerproviderbarcode)

	- [Miscellaneous](#fakerprovidermiscellaneous)

	- [Biased](#fakerproviderbiased)

	- [Html Lorem](#fakerproviderhtmllorem)

- [Modifiers](#modifiers)

- [Localization](#localization)

- [Populating Entities Using an ORM or an ODM](#populating-entities-using-an-orm-or-an-odm)

- [Seeding the Generator](#seeding-the-generator)

- [Faker Internals: Understanding Providers](#faker-internals-understanding-providers)

- [Real Life Usage](#real-life-usage)

- [Language specific formatters](#language-specific-formatters)

- [Third-Party Libraries Extending/Based On Faker](#third-party-libraries-extendingbased-on-faker)

- [License](#license)

## Installation

```sh

composer require fzaninotto/faker

```

## Basic Usage

### Autoloading

Faker supports both `PSR-0` as `PSR-4` autoloaders.

```php

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.

```

Even if this example shows a property access, each call to `$faker->name` yields a different (random) result. This is because Faker uses `__get()` magic, and forwards `Faker\Generator->$property` calls to `Faker\Generator->format($property)`.

```php

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

```

**Tip**: For a quick generation of fake data, you can also use Faker as a command line tool thanks to [faker-cli](https://github.com/bit3/faker-cli).

## Formatters

Each of the generator properties (like `name`, `address`, and `lorem`) are called "formatters". A faker generator has many of them, packaged in "providers". Here is a list of the bundled formatters in the default locale.

### `Faker\Provider\Base`

    randomDigit             // 7

    randomDigitNot(5)       // 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, or 9

    randomDigitNotNull      // 5

    randomNumber($nbDigits = NULL, $strict = false) // 79907610

    randomFloat($nbMaxDecimals = NULL, $min = 0, $max = NULL) // 48.8932

    numberBetween($min = 1000, $max = 9000) // 8567

    randomLetter            // 'b'

    // returns randomly ordered subsequence of a provided array

    randomElements($array = array ('a','b','c'), $count = 1) // array('c')

    randomElement($array = array ('a','b','c')) // 'b'

    shuffle('hello, world') // 'rlo,h eoldlw'

    shuffle(array(1, 2, 3)) // array(2, 1, 3)

    numerify('Hello ###') // 'Hello 609'

    lexify('Hello ???') // 'Hello wgt'

    bothify('Hello ##??') // 'Hello 42jz'

    asciify('Hello ***') // 'Hello R6+'

    regexify('[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}'); // [email protected]

### `Faker\Provider\Lorem`

    word                                             // 'aut'

    words($nb = 3, $asText = false)                  // array('porro', 'sed', 'magni')

    sentence($nbWords = 6, $variableNbWords = true)  // 'Sit vitae voluptas sint non voluptates.'

    sentences($nb = 3, $asText = false)              // array('Optio quos qui illo error.', 'Laborum vero a officia id corporis.', 'Saepe provident esse hic eligendi.')

    paragraph($nbSentences = 3, $variableNbSentences = true) // 'Ut ab voluptas sed a nam. Sint autem inventore aut officia aut aut blanditiis. Ducimus eos odit amet et est ut eum.'

    paragraphs($nb = 3, $asText = false)             // array('Quidem ut sunt et quidem est accusamus aut. Fuga est placeat rerum ut. Enim ex eveniet facere sunt.', 'Aut nam et eum architecto fugit repellendus illo. Qui ex esse veritatis.', 'Possimus omnis aut incidunt sunt. Asperiores incidunt iure sequi cum culpa rem. Rerum exercitationem est rem.')

    text($maxNbChars = 200)                          // 'Fuga totam reiciendis qui architecto fugiat nemo. Consequatur recusandae qui cupiditate eos quod.'

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Person`

    title($gender = null|'male'|'female')     // 'Ms.'

    titleMale                                 // 'Mr.'

    titleFemale                               // 'Ms.'

    suffix                                    // 'Jr.'

    name($gender = null|'male'|'female')      // 'Dr. Zane Stroman'

    firstName($gender = null|'male'|'female') // 'Maynard'

    firstNameMale                             // 'Maynard'

    firstNameFemale                           // 'Rachel'

    lastName                                  // 'Zulauf'

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Address`

    cityPrefix                          // 'Lake'

    secondaryAddress                    // 'Suite 961'

    state                               // 'NewMexico'

    stateAbbr                           // 'OH'

    citySuffix                          // 'borough'

    streetSuffix                        // 'Keys'

    buildingNumber                      // '484'

    city                                // 'West Judge'

    streetName                          // 'Keegan Trail'

    streetAddress                       // '439 Karley Loaf Suite 897'

    postcode                            // '17916'

    address                             // '8888 Cummings Vista Apt. 101, Susanbury, NY 95473'

    country                             // 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)'

    latitude($min = -90, $max = 90)     // 77.147489

    longitude($min = -180, $max = 180)  // 86.211205

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\PhoneNumber`

    phoneNumber             // '201-886-0269 x3767'

    tollFreePhoneNumber     // '(888) 937-7238'

    e164PhoneNumber     // '+27113456789'

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Company`

    catchPhrase             // 'Monitored regional contingency'

    bs                      // 'e-enable robust architectures'

    company                 // 'Bogan-Treutel'

    companySuffix           // 'and Sons'

    jobTitle                // 'Cashier'

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Text`

    realText($maxNbChars = 200, $indexSize = 2) // "And yet I wish you could manage it?) 'And what are they made of?' Alice asked in a shrill, passionate voice. 'Would YOU like cats if you were never even spoke to Time!' 'Perhaps not,' Alice replied."

### `Faker\Provider\DateTime`

    unixTime($max = 'now')                // 58781813

    dateTime($max = 'now', $timezone = null) // DateTime('2008-04-25 08:37:17', 'UTC')

    dateTimeAD($max = 'now', $timezone = null) // DateTime('1800-04-29 20:38:49', 'Europe/Paris')

    iso8601($max = 'now')                 // '1978-12-09T10:10:29+0000'

    date($format = 'Y-m-d', $max = 'now') // '1979-06-09'

    time($format = 'H:i:s', $max = 'now') // '20:49:42'

    dateTimeBetween($startDate = '-30 years', $endDate = 'now', $timezone = null) // DateTime('2003-03-15 02:00:49', 'Africa/Lagos')

    dateTimeInInterval($startDate = '-30 years', $interval = '+ 5 days', $timezone = null) // DateTime('2003-03-15 02:00:49', 'Antartica/Vostok')

    dateTimeThisCentury($max = 'now', $timezone = null)     // DateTime('1915-05-30 19:28:21', 'UTC')

    dateTimeThisDecade($max = 'now', $timezone = null)      // DateTime('2007-05-29 22:30:48', 'Europe/Paris')

    dateTimeThisYear($max = 'now', $timezone = null)        // DateTime('2011-02-27 20:52:14', 'Africa/Lagos')

    dateTimeThisMonth($max = 'now', $timezone = null)       // DateTime('2011-10-23 13:46:23', 'Antarctica/Vostok')

    amPm($max = 'now')                    // 'pm'

    dayOfMonth($max = 'now')              // '04'

    dayOfWeek($max = 'now')               // 'Friday'

    month($max = 'now')                   // '06'

    monthName($max = 'now')               // 'January'

    year($max = 'now')                    // '1993'

    century                               // 'VI'

    timezone                              // 'Europe/Paris'

Methods accepting a `$timezone` argument default to `date_default_timezone_get()`. You can pass a custom timezone string to each method, or define a custom timezone for all time methods at once using `$faker::setDefaultTimezone($timezone)`.

### `Faker\Provider\Internet`

    email                   // '[email protected]'

    safeEmail               // '[email protected]'

    freeEmail               // '[email protected]'

    companyEmail            // '[email protected]'

    freeEmailDomain         // 'yahoo.com'

    safeEmailDomain         // 'example.org'

    userName                // 'wade55'

    password                // 'k&|X+a45*2['

    domainName              // 'wolffdeckow.net'

    domainWord              // 'feeney'

    tld                     // 'biz'

    url                     // 'http://www.skilesdonnelly.biz/aut-accusantium-ut-architecto-sit-et.html'

    slug                    // 'aut-repellat-commodi-vel-itaque-nihil-id-saepe-nostrum'

    ipv4                    // '109.133.32.252'

    localIpv4               // '10.242.58.8'

    ipv6                    // '8e65:933d:22ee:a232:f1c1:2741:1f10:117c'

    macAddress              // '43:85:B7:08:10:CA'

### `Faker\Provider\UserAgent`

    userAgent              // 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows CE) AppleWebKit/5350 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/13.0.888.0 Safari/5350'

    chrome                 // 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; PPC Mac OS X 10_6_5) AppleWebKit/5312 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/14.0.894.0 Safari/5312'

    firefox                // 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linuxi686; rv:7.0) Gecko/20101231 Firefox/3.6'

    safari                 // 'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_7_1 rv:3.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.11.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.11.3'

    opera                  // 'Opera/8.25 (Windows NT 5.1; en-US) Presto/2.9.188 Version/10.00'

    internetExplorer       // 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Trident/3.0)'

### `Faker\Provider\Payment`

    creditCardType          // 'MasterCard'

    creditCardNumber        // '4485480221084675'

    creditCardExpirationDate // 04/13

    creditCardExpirationDateString // '04/13'

    creditCardDetails       // array('MasterCard', '4485480221084675', 'Aleksander Nowak', '04/13')

    // Generates a random IBAN. Set $countryCode to null for a random country

    iban($countryCode)      // 'IT31A8497112740YZ575DJ28BP4'

    swiftBicNumber          // 'RZTIAT22263'

### `Faker\Provider\Color`

    hexcolor               // '#fa3cc2'

    rgbcolor               // '0,255,122'

    rgbColorAsArray        // array(0,255,122)

    rgbCssColor            // 'rgb(0,255,122)'

    safeColorName          // 'fuchsia'

    colorName              // 'Gainsbor'

    hslColor               // '340,50,20'

    hslColorAsArray        // array(340,50,20)

### `Faker\Provider\File`

    fileExtension          // 'avi'

    mimeType               // 'video/x-msvideo'

    // Copy a random file from the source to the target directory and returns the fullpath or filename

    file($sourceDir = '/tmp', $targetDir = '/tmp') // '/path/to/targetDir/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'

    file($sourceDir, $targetDir, false) // '13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'

### `Faker\Provider\Image`

    // Image generation provided by LoremPixel (http://lorempixel.com/)

    imageUrl($width = 640, $height = 480) // 'http://lorempixel.com/640/480/'

    imageUrl($width, $height, 'cats')     // 'http://lorempixel.com/800/600/cats/'

    imageUrl($width, $height, 'cats', true, 'Faker') // 'http://lorempixel.com/800/400/cats/Faker'

    imageUrl($width, $height, 'cats', true, 'Faker', true) // 'http://lorempixel.com/gray/800/400/cats/Faker/' Monochrome image

    image($dir = '/tmp', $width = 640, $height = 480) // '/tmp/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg'

    image($dir, $width, $height, 'cats')  // 'tmp/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg' it's a cat!

    image($dir, $width, $height, 'cats', false) // '13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg' it's a filename without path

    image($dir, $width, $height, 'cats', true, false) // it's a no randomize images (default: `true`)

    image($dir, $width, $height, 'cats', true, true, 'Faker') // 'tmp/13b73edae8443990be1aa8f1a483bc27.jpg' it's a cat with 'Faker' text. Default, `null`.

### `Faker\Provider\Uuid`

    uuid                   // '7e57d004-2b97-0e7a-b45f-5387367791cd'

### `Faker\Provider\Barcode`

    ean13          // '4006381333931'

    ean8           // '73513537'

    isbn13         // '9790404436093'

    isbn10         // '4881416324'

### `Faker\Provider\Miscellaneous`

    boolean // false

    boolean($chanceOfGettingTrue = 50) // true

    md5           // 'de99a620c50f2990e87144735cd357e7'

    sha1          // 'f08e7f04ca1a413807ebc47551a40a20a0b4de5c'

    sha256        // '0061e4c60dac5c1d82db0135a42e00c89ae3a333e7c26485321f24348c7e98a5'

    locale        // en_UK

    countryCode   // UK

    languageCode  // en

    currencyCode  // EUR

    emoji         // 😁

### `Faker\Provider\Biased`

    // get a random number between 10 and 20,

    // with more chances to be close to 20

    biasedNumberBetween($min = 10, $max = 20, $function = 'sqrt')

### `Faker\Provider\HtmlLorem`

    //Generate HTML document which is no more than 2 levels deep, and no more than 3 elements wide at any level.

    randomHtml(2,3)   // Aut illo dolorem et accusantium eum.sequietId aut saepe non mollitia voluptas voluptas.Non consequatur.Incidunt est.Aut voluptatem.Officia voluptas rerum quo.Asperiores similique.Sapiente dolorum dolorem sint laboriosam commodi qui.Commodi nihil nesciunt eveniet quo repudiandae.Voluptates explicabo numquam distinctio necessitatibus repellat.Provident ut doloremque nam eum modi aspernatur.Iusto inventore.Animi nihil ratione id mollitia libero ipsa quia tempore.Velit est officia et aut tenetur dolorem sed mollitia expedita.Modi modi repudiandae pariatur voluptas rerum ea incidunt non molestiae eligendi eos deleniti.Exercitationem voluptatibus dolor est iste quod molestiae.Quia reiciendis.Inventore impedit exercitationem voluptatibus rerum cupiditate.Qui.Aliquam.Autem nihil aut et.Dolor ut quia error.Enim facilis iusto earum et minus rerum assumenda quis quia.Reprehenderit ut sapiente occaecati voluptatum dolor voluptatem vitae qui velit.Quod fugiat non.Sunt nobis totam mollitia sed nesciunt est deleniti cumque.Repudiandae quo.Modi dicta libero quisquam doloremque qui autem.Voluptatem aliquid saepe laudantium facere eos sunt dolor.Est eos quis laboriosam officia expedita repellendus quia natus.Et neque delectus quod fugit enim repudiandae qui.Fugit soluta sit facilis facere repellat culpa magni voluptatem maiores tempora.Enim dolores doloremque.Assumenda voluptatem eum perferendis exercitationem.Quasi in fugit deserunt ea perferendis sunt nemo consequatur dolorum soluta.Maxime repellat qui numquam voluptatem est modi.Alias rerum rerum hic hic eveniet.Tempore voluptatem.Eaque.Et sit quas fugit iusto.Nemo nihil rerum dignissimos et esse.Repudiandae ipsum numquam.Nemo sunt quia.Sint tempore est neque ducimus harum sed.Dicta placeat atque libero nihil.Et qui aperiam temporibus facilis eum.Ut dolores qui enim et maiores nesciunt.Dolorum totam sint debitis saepe laborum.Quidem corrupti ea.Cum voluptas quod.Possimus consequatur quasi dolorem ut et.Et velit non hic labore repudiandae quis.

## Modifiers

Faker provides three special providers, `unique()`, `optional()`, and `valid()`, to be called before any provider.

```php

// 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!";

}

```

If you would like to use a modifier with a value not generated by Faker, use the `passthrough()` method. `passthrough()` simply returns whatever value it was given.

```php

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

```

## Localization

`Faker\Factory` can take a locale as an argument, to return localized data. If no localized provider is found, the factory fallbacks to the default locale (en_US).

```php

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

```

You can check available Faker locales in the source code, [under the `Provider` directory](https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker/tree/master/src/Faker/Provider). The localization of Faker is an ongoing process, for which we need your help. Don't hesitate to create localized providers to your own locale and submit a PR!

## Populating Entities Using an ORM or an ODM

Faker provides adapters for Object-Relational and Object-Document Mappers (currently, [Propel](http://www.propelorm.org), [Doctrine2](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/), [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org), [Spot2](https://github.com/vlucas/spot2), [Mandango](https://github.com/mandango/mandango) and [Eloquent](https://laravel.com/docs/master/eloquent) are supported). These adapters ease the population of databases through the Entity classes provided by an ORM library (or the population of document stores using Document classes provided by an ODM library).

To populate entities, create a new populator class (using a generator instance as parameter), then list the class and number of all the entities that must be generated. To launch the actual data population, call the `execute()` method.

Note that some of the `populators` could require additional parameters. As example the `doctrine` populator has an option to specify

its batchSize on how often it will flush the UnitOfWork to the database.

Here is an example showing how to populate 5 `Author` and 10 `Book` objects:

```php

addEntity('Author', 5);

$populator->addEntity('Book', 10);

$insertedPKs = $populator->execute();

```

The populator uses name and column type guessers to populate each column with relevant data. For instance, Faker populates a column named `first_name` using the `firstName` formatter, and a column with a `TIMESTAMP` type using the `dateTime` formatter. The resulting entities are therefore coherent. If Faker misinterprets a column name, you can still specify a custom closure to be used for populating a particular column, using the third argument to `addEntity()`:

```php

addEntity('Book', 5, array(

  'ISBN' => function() use ($generator) { return $generator->ean13(); }

));

```

In this example, Faker will guess a formatter for all columns except `ISBN`, for which the given anonymous function will be used.

**Tip**: To ignore some columns, specify `null` for the column names in the third argument of `addEntity()`. This is usually necessary for columns added by a behavior:

```php

addEntity('Book', 5, array(

  'CreatedAt' => null,

  'UpdatedAt' => null,

));

```

Of course, Faker does not populate autoincremented primary keys. In addition, `Faker\ORM\Propel\Populator::execute()` returns the list of inserted PKs, indexed by class:

```php

 (34, 35, 36, 37, 38),

//   'Book'   => (456, 457, 458, 459, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475)

// )

```

**Note:** Due to the fact that `Faker` returns all the primary keys inserted, the memory consumption will go up drastically when you do batch inserts due to the big list of data.

In the previous example, the `Book` and `Author` models share a relationship. Since `Author` entities are populated first, Faker is smart enough to relate the populated `Book` entities to one of the populated `Author` entities.

Lastly, if you want to execute an arbitrary function on an entity before insertion, use the fourth argument of the `addEntity()` method:

```php

addEntity('Book', 5, array(), array(

  function($book) { $book->publish(); },

));

```

## Seeding the Generator

You may want to get always the same generated data - for instance when using Faker for unit testing purposes. The generator offers a `seed()` method, which seeds the random number generator. Calling the same script twice with the same seed produces the same results.

```php

seed(1234);

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

```

> **Tip**: DateTime formatters won't reproduce the same fake data if you don't fix the `$max` value:

>

> ```php

>  // 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

> ```

>

> **Tip**: Formatters won't reproduce the same fake data if you use the `rand()` php function. Use `$faker` or `mt_rand()` instead:

>

> ```php

>  // bad

> $faker->realText(rand(10,20));

> // good

> $faker->realText($faker->numberBetween(10,20));

> ```

## Faker Internals: Understanding Providers

A `Faker\Generator` alone can't do much generation. It needs `Faker\Provider` objects to delegate the data generation to them. `Faker\Factory::create()` actually creates a `Faker\Generator` bundled with the default providers. Here is what happens under the hood:

```php

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));

````

Whenever you try to access a property on the `$faker` object, the generator looks for a method with the same name in all the providers attached to it. For instance, calling `$faker->name` triggers a call to `Faker\Provider\Person::name()`. And since Faker starts with the last provider, you can easily override existing formatters: just add a provider containing methods named after the formatters you want to override.

That means that you can easily add your own providers to a `Faker\Generator` instance. A provider is usually a class extending `\Faker\Provider\Base`. This parent class allows you to use methods like `lexify()` or `randomNumber()`; it also gives you access to formatters of other providers, through the protected `$generator` property. The new formatters are the public methods of the provider class.

Here is an example provider for populating Book data:

```php

generator->sentence($nbWords);

    return substr($sentence, 0, strlen($sentence) - 1);

  }

  public function ISBN()

  {

    return $this->generator->ean13();

  }

}

```

To register this provider, just add a new instance of `\Faker\Provider\Book` to an existing generator:

```php

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

```

Now you can use the two new formatters like any other Faker formatter:

```php

setTitle($faker->title);

$book->setISBN($faker->ISBN);

$book->setSummary($faker->text);

$book->setPrice($faker->randomNumber(2));

```

**Tip**: A provider can also be a Plain Old PHP Object. In that case, all the public methods of the provider become available to the generator.

## Real Life Usage

The following script generates a valid XML document:

```php

  

    

boolean(25)): ?>

    

    


      streetAddress ?>

      city ?>

      postcode ?>

      state ?>

    

    

boolean(33)): ?>

      bs ?>

boolean(33)): ?>

      

    

boolean(15)): ?>

    

text(400) ?>

]]>

    

  

```

Running this script produces a document looking like:

```xml

  

    

    


      182 Harrison Cove

      North Lloyd

      45577

      Alabama

    

    

      orchestrate compelling web-readiness

    

    

    

  

  

    

    


      90111 Hegmann Inlet

      South Geovanymouth

      69961-9311

      Colorado

    

    

    

  

  

    

    

      9791 Nona Corner

      Harberhaven

      74062-8191

      RhodeIsland

    

    

    

  

  

    

    

      11161 Schultz Via

      Feilstad

      98019

      NewJersey

    

    

      

    

    

    

  

  

    

    


      6106 Nader Village Suite 753

      McLaughlinstad

      43189-8621

      Missouri

    

    

      expedite viral synergies

      

    

  

  

    

    

      7546 Kuvalis Plaza

      South Wilfrid

      77069

      Georgia

    

    

    

  

  

    

    

    

      478 Daisha Landing Apt. 510

      West Lizethhaven

      30566-5362

      WestVirginia

    

    

      orchestrate dynamic networks

      

    

    

    

  

  

    

    


      1251 Koelpin Mission

      North Revastad

      81620

      Maryland

    

    

    

  

  

    

    

      6396 Langworth Hills Apt. 446

      New Carlos

      89399-0268

      Wyoming

    

    

      

    

  

  

    

    

    

      2246 Kreiger Station Apt. 291

      Kaydenmouth

      11397-1072

      Wyoming

    

    

      grow sticky portals

    

    

    

  

```

## Language specific formatters

### `Faker\Provider\ar_SA\Person`

```php

idNumber;      // ID number

echo $faker->nationalIdNumber // Citizen ID number

echo $faker->foreignerIdNumber // Foreigner ID number

echo $faker->companyIdNumber // Company ID number

```

### `Faker\Provider\ar_SA\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber // "SA0218IBYZVZJSEC8536V4XC"

```

### `Faker\Provider\at_AT\Payment`

```php

vat;           // "AT U12345678" - Austrian Value Added Tax number

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\bg_BG\Payment`

```php

vat;           // "BG 0123456789" - Bulgarian Value Added Tax number

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\cs_CZ\Address`

```php

region; // "Liberecký kraj"

```

### `Faker\Provider\cs_CZ\Company`

```php

ico; // "69663963"

```

### `Faker\Provider\cs_CZ\DateTime`

```php

monthNameGenitive; // "prosince"

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\cs_CZ\Person`

```php

birthNumber; // "7304243452"

```

### `Faker\Provider\da_DK\Person`

```php

cpr; // "051280-2387"

```

### `Faker\Provider\da_DK\Address`

```php

kommune; // "Frederiksberg"

// Generates a random region name

echo $faker->region; // "Region Sjælland"

```

### `Faker\Provider\da_DK\Company`

```php

cvr; // "32458723"

// Generates a random P number

echo $faker->p; // "5398237590"

```

### `Faker\Provider\de_CH\Person`

```php

avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97" OR

echo $faker->ahv13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

```

### `Faker\Provider\de_DE\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "DE41849025553661169313"

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_HK\Address`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_HK\Phone`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_NG\Address`

```php

region; // 'Katsina'

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_NG\Person`

```php

name; // 'Oluwunmi Mayowa'

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_NZ\Phone`

```php

mobileNumber; // "021 123 4567"

// Generates a toll free number

echo $faker->tollFreeNumber; // "0800 123 456"

// Area Code

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Company`

```php

ein; // '12-3456789'

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber;  // '51915734310'

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Person`

```php

ssn; // '123-45-6789'

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_ZA\Company`

```php

companyNumber; // 1999/789634/01

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_ZA\Person`

```php

idNumber; // 6606192211041

// Generates a random valid licence code

echo $faker->licenceCode; // EB

```

### `Faker\Provider\en_ZA\PhoneNumber`

```php

tollFreeNumber; // 0800 555 5555

// Generates a mobile phone number

echo $faker->mobileNumber; // 082 123 5555

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_ES\Person`

```php

dni; // '77446565E'

// Generates a random valid licence code

echo $faker->licenceCode; // B

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_ES\Payment`

```php

vat;           // "A35864370"

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_ES\PhoneNumber`

```php

tollFreeNumber; // 900 123 456

// Generates a mobile phone number

echo $faker->mobileNumber; // +34 612 12 24

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_PE\Person`

```php

dni; // '83367512'

```

### `Faker\Provider\fa_IR\Person`

```php

nationalCode; // "0078475759"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fa_IR\Address`

```php

building; // "ساختمان آفتاب"

// Returns a random city name

echo $faker->city // "استان زنجان"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fa_IR\Company`

```php

contract; // "رسمی"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fi_FI\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "FI8350799879879616"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fi_FI\Person`

```php

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'

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_BE\Payment`

```php

vat;           // "BE 0123456789" - Belgian Value Added Tax number

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_VE\Person`

```php

nationalId; // 'V11223344'

```

### `Faker\Provider\es_VE\Company`

```php

taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // 'J1234567891'

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_CH\Person`

```php

avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_FR\Address`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_FR\Company`

```php

siren; // 082 250 104

// Generates a random SIRET number

echo $faker->siret; // 347 355 708 00224

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_FR\Payment`

```php

vat; // FR 12 123 456 789

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_FR\Person`

```php

nir; // 1 88 07 35 127 571 - 19

```

### `Faker\Provider\fr_FR\PhoneNumber`

```php

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\he_IL\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber // "IL392237392219429527697"

```

### `Faker\Provider\hr_HR\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber // "HR3789114847226078672"

```

### `Faker\Provider\hu_HU\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "HU09904437680048220079300783"

```

### `Faker\Provider\id_ID\Person`

```php

nik(); // "8522246001570940"

```

### `Faker\Provider\it_CH\Person`

```php

avs13; // "756.1234.5678.97"

```

### `Faker\Provider\it_IT\Company`

```php

vatId(); // "IT98746784967"

```

### `Faker\Provider\it_IT\Person`

```php

taxId(); // "DIXDPZ44E08F367A"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ja_JP\Person`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ka_GE\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "GE33ZV9773853617253389"

```

### `Faker\Provider\kk_KZ\Company`

```php

businessIdentificationNumber; // "150140000019"

```

### `Faker\Provider\kk_KZ\Payment`

```php

bank; // "Қазкоммерцбанк"

// Generates a random bank account number

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "KZ1076321LO4H6X41I37"

```

### `Faker\Provider\kk_KZ\Person`

```php

individualIdentificationNumber; // "780322300455"

// Generates an individual identification number based on his/her birth date

echo $faker->individualIdentificationNumber(new \DateTime('1999-03-01')); // "990301300455"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ko_KR\Address`

```php

metropolitanCity; // "서울특별시"

// Generates a borough

echo $faker->borough; // "강남구"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ko_KR\PhoneNumber`

```php

localAreaPhoneNumber; // "02-1234-4567"

// Generates a cell phone number

echo $faker->cellPhoneNumber; // "010-9876-5432"

```

### `Faker\Provider\lt_LT\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber // "LT300848876740317118"

```

### `Faker\Provider\lv_LV\Person`

```php

personalIdentityNumber; // "140190-12301"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ms_MY\Address`

```php

township; // "Taman Bahagia"

// Generates a random Malaysian town address with matching postcode and state

echo $faker->townState; // "55100 Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ms_MY\Miscellaneous`

```php

jpjNumberPlate; // "WPL 5169"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ms_MY\Payment`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ms_MY\Person`

```php

myKadNumber($gender = null|'male'|'female', $hyphen = null|true|false); // "710703471796"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ms_MY\PhoneNumber`

```php

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"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ne_NP\Address`

```php

district;

//Generates a Nepali city name

echo $faker->cityName;

```

### `Faker\Provider\nl_BE\Payment`

```php

vat;           // "BE 0123456789" - Belgian Value Added Tax number

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\nl_BE\Person`

```php

rrn();         // "83051711784" - Belgian Rijksregisternummer

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\nl_NL\Company`

```php

jobTitle; // "Houtbewerker"

echo $faker->vat; // "NL123456789B01" - Dutch Value Added Tax number

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\nl_NL\Person`

```php

idNumber; // "111222333" - Dutch Personal identification number (BSN)

```

### `Faker\Provider\nb_NO\MobileNumber`

```php

mobileNumber; // "+4799988777"

echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "999 88 777"

echo $faker->mobileNumber; // "99988777"

```

### `Faker\Provider\nb_NO\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "NO3246764709816"

```

### `Faker\Provider\pl_PL\Person`

```php

pesel; // "40061451555"

// Generates a random personal identity card number

echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber; // "AKX383360"

// Generates a random taxpayer identification number (NIP)

echo $faker->taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // '8211575109'

```

### `Faker\Provider\pl_PL\Company`

```php

regon; // "714676680"

// Generates a random local REGON number

echo $faker->regonLocal; // "15346111382836"

```

### `Faker\Provider\pl_PL\Payment`

```php

bank; // "Narodowy Bank Polski"

// Generates a random bank account number

echo $faker->bankAccountNumber; // "PL14968907563953822118075816"

```

### `Faker\Provider\pt_PT\Person`

```php

taxpayerIdentificationNumber; // '165249277'

```

### `Faker\Provider\pt_BR\Address`

```php

region; // 'Nordeste'

// Generates a random region abbreviation

echo $faker->regionAbbr; // 'NE'

```

### `Faker\Provider\pt_BR\PhoneNumber`

```php

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)

```

### `Faker\Provider\pt_BR\Person`

```php

name; // 'Sr. Luis 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'

```

### `Faker\Provider\pt_BR\Company`

```php

cnpj;        // '23.663.478/0001-24'

echo $faker->cnpj(false); // '23663478000124'

```

### `Faker\Provider\ro_MD\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "MD83BQW1CKMUW34HBESDP3A8"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ro_RO\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "RO55WRJE3OE8X3YQI7J26U1E"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ro_RO\Person`

```php

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);

```

### `Faker\Provider\ro_RO\PhoneNumber`

```php

tollFreePhoneNumber; // "0800123456"

// Generates a random premium-rate phone number

echo $faker->premiumRatePhoneNumber; // "0900123456"

```

### `Faker\Provider\ru_RU\Payment`

```php

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

```

### `Faker\Provider\sv_SE\Payment`

```php

bankAccountNumber; // "SE5018548608468284909192"

```

### `Faker\Provider\sv_SE\Person`

```php

personalIdentityNumber() // '950910-0799'

//Since the numbers are different for male and female persons, optionally you can specify gender.

echo $faker->personalIdentityNumber('female') // '950910-0781'

```

### `Faker\Provider\tr_TR\Person`

```php

tcNo // '55300634882'

```

### `Faker\Provider\zh_CN\Payment`

```php

bank; // '中国建设银行'

```

### `Faker\Provider\uk_UA\Payment`

```php

bank; // "Ощадбанк"

```

### `Faker\Provider\zh_TW\Person`

```php

personalIdentityNumber; // A223456789

```

### `Faker\Provider\zh_TW\Company`

```php

VAT; //23456789

```

## Third-Party Libraries Extending/Based On Faker

* Symfony bundles:

  * [`willdurand/faker-bundle`](https://github.com/willdurand/BazingaFakerBundle): Put the awesome Faker library into the Symfony2 DIC and populate your database with fake data.

  * [`hautelook/alice-bundle`](https://github.com/hautelook/AliceBundle), [`h4cc/alice-fixtures-bundle`](https://github.com/h4cc/AliceFixturesBundle): Bundles for using [`nelmio/alice`](https://packagist.org/packages/nelmio/alice) and Faker with data fixtures. Able to use Doctrine ORM as well as Doctrine MongoDB ODM.

* [`emanueleminotto/faker-service-provider`](https://github.com/EmanueleMinotto/FakerServiceProvider): Faker Service Provider for Silex

* [`bit3/faker-cli`](https://github.com/bit3/faker-cli): Command Line Tool for the Faker PHP library

* [`league/factory-muffin`](https://github.com/thephpleague/factory-muffin): enable the rapid creation of objects (PHP port of factory-girl)

* [`fzaninotto/company-name-generator`](https://github.com/fzaninotto/CompanyNameGenerator): Generate names for English tech companies with class

* [`emanueleminotto/faker-placehold-it-provider`](https://github.com/EmanueleMinotto/PlaceholdItProvider): Generate images using placehold.it

* [`spyrit/datalea`](https://github.com/spyrit/datalea) A highly customizable random test data generator web app

* [`frequenc1/newage-ipsum`](https://github.com/frequenc1/newage-ipsum): A new aged ipsum provider for the faker library inspired by http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/

* [`prewk/xml-faker`](https://github.com/prewk/xml-faker): Create fake XML with Faker

* [`denheck/faker-context`](https://github.com/denheck/faker-context): Behat context using Faker to generate testdata

* [`swekaj/cron-expression-generator`](https://github.com/swekaj/CronExpressionGenerator): Faker provider for generating random, valid cron expressions.

* [`pragmafabrik/pomm-faker`](https://github.com/pragmafabrik/Pomm2Faker): Faker client for Pomm database framework (PostgreSQL)

* [`nelmio/alice`](https://github.com/nelmio/alice): Fixtures/object generator with a yaml DSL that can use Faker as data generator.

* [`ravage84/cakephp-fake-seeder`](https://github.com/ravage84/cakephp-fake-seeder) A CakePHP 2.x shell to seed your database with fake and/or fixed data.

* [`bheller/images-generator`](https://github.com/bruceheller/images-generator): An image generator provider using GD for placeholder type pictures

* [`pattern-lab/plugin-faker`](https://github.com/pattern-lab/plugin-php-faker): Pattern Lab is a Styleguide, Component Library, and Prototyping tool. This creates unique content each time Pattern Lab is generated.

* [`guidocella/eloquent-populator`](https://github.com/guidocella/eloquent-populator): Adapter for Laravel's Eloquent ORM.

* [`tamperdata/exiges`](https://github.com/tamperdata/exiges): Faker provider for generating random temperatures

* [`jzonta/faker-restaurant`](https://github.com/jzonta/FakerRestaurant): Faker for Food and Beverage names generate

* [`aalaap/faker-youtube`](https://github.com/aalaap/faker-youtube): Faker for YouTube URLs in various formats

* [`pelmered/fake-car`](https://github.com/pelmered/fake-car): Faker for cars and car data

* [`bluemmb/faker-picsum-photos-provider`](https://github.com/bluemmb/Faker-PicsumPhotos): Generate images using [picsum.photos](http://picsum.photos/)

* [`er1z/fakemock`](https://github.com/er1z/fakemock): Generate mocks using class-configuration and detection via Faker's guesser and Symfony asserts

* [`xvladqt/faker-lorem-flickr`](https://github.com/xvladxtremal/Faker-LoremFlickr): Generate images using [loremflickr.com](http://loremflickr.com/)

* [`metrakit/faker-eddy-malou`](https://github.com/Metrakit/faker-eddy-malou): Generate French Eddy Malou sentences & paragraphs

* [`drupol/belgian-national-number-faker`](https://github.com/drupol/belgian-national-number-faker): Generate fake Belgian national numbers

* [`elgentos/masquerade`](https://github.com/elgentos/masquerade): Configuration-based, platform-agnostic, locale-compatible data faker tool (out-of-the-box support for Magento 2)

* [`ottaviano/faker-gravatar`](https://github.com/ottaviano/faker-gravatar): Generate avatars using [Gravatar](https://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/images/)

* [`finwe/phpstan-faker`](https://github.com/finwe/phpstan-faker): PHPStan extension for Faker methods

## License

Faker is released under the MIT License. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.