README

This bundle allows fast generation of realistic fake datas for your database, in the make style that we love. Huge thanks to the wonderfull Faker library.

Main features

• Zero config, easy to use
• Faker method selection based on entities attributes
• Handling of associations
• Fixtures order based on association dependencies
• For Symfony 4+

Installation

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute:

$ composer require gsylvestre/symfony-faker-fixtures

How to use

1. Generate your new fixture command with:

   $ php bin/console make:faker-fixtures

2. Load magic datas in your database with:

   $ php bin/console app:fixtures:load

Editing the fixtures

This bundle generates fixtures for you. Once done, you are free to edit them.

If needed (and it should), edit the generated FakerFixturesCommand.php:

1. To adapt the number of entities to generate, or the order
2. To adapt the Faker methods used and/or the logic

Start over?

If you ever need to regenerates all your fixtures, you can do so by running:

$ php bin/console make:faker-fixtures --delete-previous

Be aware that you will lose all changes made to your fixtures command!

Localize faker datas?

If you want your generated datas localized, run:

$ php bin/console make:faker-fixtures --locale=fr_FR

Installation without Symfony Flex

Step 1: Download the Bundle

Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following command to download the latest stable version of this bundle:

$ composer require gsylvestre/symfony-faker-fixtures

This command requires you to have Composer installed globally, as explained in the installation chapter of the Composer documentation.

Step 2: Enable the Bundle

Then, enable the bundle by adding it to the list of registered bundles in the app/AppKernel.php file of your project:

<?php
// app/AppKernel.php

// ...
class AppKernel extends Kernel
{
    public function registerBundles()
    {
        $bundles = [
            // ...
            new FakerFixtures\FakerFixturesBundle(),
        ];

        // ...
    }

    // ...
}

Notes

This bundle deliberately does not use DoctrineFixturesBundle in any way.