A fake news provider for php Faker

This is a custom provider for fakerphp/Faker generating fake news headlines for use when testing website design. Also includes a fake news source name generator.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require paulhennell/faker-news

Usage

$faker = (new \Faker\Factory())::create();
$faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenews($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenewssource($faker));

// generate a headline
echo $faker->headline;

// generate a named newssource (75% Newspapers, 25% TV news as below)
echo $faker->NewssourceName;

// generate a Newspaper name
// 'The Daily Texas', 'The Morning Herald', 'Manchester Post' etc
echo $faker->NewspaperName;

// generate a TV source name
// 'KKN News', 'ATV', 'JKK 247' etc
echo $faker->TvNewsName;

Laravel Factory Setup

Create a FakerService provider (and register in bootstrap/providers.php

class FakerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        $this->app->singleton(\Faker\Generator::class, function () {
            $faker = \Faker\Factory::create();
            $faker->addProvider(new Fakenews($faker));
            $faker->addProvider(new Fakenewssource($faker));
            return $faker;
        });
    }

You can now access the fields in the model factories:

'headline' => $this->faker->headline(),
'publisher' => $this->faker->NewssourceName(),

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Credits

• Paul Hennell
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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