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Person extends Person
in package

Application

GENDER_FEMALE = 'female'
GENDER_MALE = 'male'
$femaleNameFormats : mixed
$firstNameFemale : mixed
$firstNameFormat : mixed
$firstNameMale : mixed
$generator : Generator
$lastName : mixed
$maleNameFormats : mixed
$titleFemale : mixed
$titleFormat : mixed
$titleMale : mixed
$unique : UniqueGenerator
$suffix : mixed
__construct() : mixed
asciify() : string: Replaces * signs with random numbers and letters and special characters
avs13() : string: Generates a valid random AVS13 (swiss social security) number
bothify() : string: Replaces hash signs ('#') and question marks ('?') with random numbers and letters An asterisk ('*') is replaced with either a random number or a random letter
firstName() : string
firstNameFemale() : string
firstNameMale() : string
lastName() : string
lexify() : string: Replaces all question mark ('?') occurrences with a random letter
name() : string
numberBetween() : int: Returns a random number between $int1 and $int2 (any order)
numerify() : string: Replaces all hash sign ('#') occurrences with a random number Replaces all percentage sign ('%') occurrences with a not null number
optional() : mixed|null: Chainable method for making any formatter optional.
passthrough() : mixed: Returns the passed value
randomAscii() : string: Returns a random ASCII character (excluding accents and special chars)
randomDigit() : int: Returns a random number between 0 and 9
randomDigitNot() : int: Generates a random digit, which cannot be $except
randomDigitNotNull() : int: Returns a random number between 1 and 9
randomElement() : mixed: Returns a random element from a passed array
randomElements() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns randomly ordered subsequence of $count elements from a provided array
randomFloat() : float: Return a random float number
randomKey() : int|string|null: Returns a random key from a passed associative array
randomLetter() : string: Returns a random letter from a to z
randomNumber() : int: Returns a random integer with 0 to $nbDigits digits.
regexify() : string: Transforms a basic regular expression into a random string satisfying the expression.
shuffle() : array<string|int, mixed>|string: Returns a shuffled version of the argument.
shuffleArray() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns a shuffled version of the array.
shuffleString() : string: Returns a shuffled version of the string.
suffix() : mixed
taxId() : string: TaxCode (CodiceFiscale)
title() : string
titleFemale() : string
titleMale() : string
toLower() : string: Converts string to lowercase.
toUpper() : string: Converts string to uppercase.
unique() : UniqueGenerator: Chainable method for making any formatter unique.
valid() : ValidGenerator: Chainable method for forcing any formatter to return only valid values.
replaceWildcard() : mixed

GENDER_FEMALE


    public
    mixed
    GENDER_FEMALE
    = 'female'

GENDER_MALE


    public
    mixed
    GENDER_MALE
    = 'male'

$femaleNameFormats


    protected
    static    mixed
    $femaleNameFormats
     = ['{{firstNameFemale}} {{lastName}}']

$firstNameFemale


    protected
    static    mixed
    $firstNameFemale
     = ['Ada', 'Adele', 'Adriana', 'Agnese', 'Alessandra', 'Alessia', 'Alexandra', 'Alice', 'Aline', 'Ana', 'Andrea', 'Angela', 'Angelina', 'Anita', 'Anna', 'Annamaria', 'Antonella', 'Antonia', 'Antonietta', 'Arianna', 'Asia', 'Aurora', 'Barbara', 'Beatrice', 'Bianca', 'Brigitte', 'Bruna', 'Camilla', 'Carla', 'Carmela', 'Carmen', 'Carolina', 'Caterina', 'Cecilia', 'Chantal', 'Chiara', 'Christine', 'Cinzia', 'Clara', 'Claudia', 'Cristina', 'Daniela', 'Debora', 'Deborah', 'Denise', 'Diana', 'Dolores', 'Donatella', 'Doris', 'Elda', 'Elena', 'Eleonora', 'Eliana', 'Elisa', 'Elisabeth', 'Elisabetta', 'Elsa', 'Emanuela', 'Emilia', 'Emma', 'Enrica', 'Erica', 'Erika', 'Ester', 'Eva', 'Fabiana', 'Federica', 'Fernanda', 'Filomena', 'Flavia', 'Franca', 'Francesca', 'Gabriella', 'Gaia', 'Giada', 'Gianna', 'Giorgia', 'Giovanna', 'Giulia', 'Giuliana', 'Giuseppina', 'Gloria', 'Graziella', 'Greta', 'Ida', 'Ilaria', 'Ines', 'Irene', 'Iris', 'Isabel', 'Isabella', 'Ivana', 'Jacqueline', 'Jennifer', 'Jessica', 'Jolanda', 'Karin', 'Katia', 'Lara', 'Laura', 'Letizia', 'Lia', 'Lidia', 'Liliana', 'Lina', 'Linda', 'Lisa', 'Loredana', 'Lorena', 'Lorenza', 'Luana', 'Lucia', 'Luciana', 'Luisa', 'Manuela', 'Mara', 'Margherita', 'Margrit', 'Maria', 'Mariangela', 'Marianne', 'Marie', 'Mariella', 'Marilena', 'Marina', 'Marisa', 'Marta', 'Martina', 'Matilde', 'Maura', 'Melissa', 'Michela', 'Michelle', 'Milena', 'Mirella', 'Miriam', 'Monica', 'Monika', 'Morena', 'Myriam', 'Nadia', 'Nathalie', 'Nicole', 'Nicoletta', 'Nina', 'Nives', 'Noemi', 'Nora', 'Olga', 'Ornella', 'Pamela', 'Paola', 'Patricia', 'Patrizia', 'Pia', 'Pierina', 'Prisca', 'Raffaella', 'Renata', 'Rita', 'Roberta', 'Romina', 'Rosa', 'Rosanna', 'Rosmarie', 'Ruth', 'Sabina', 'Sabrina', 'Samantha', 'Sandra', 'Sara', 'Sarah', 'Serena', 'Silvana', 'Silvia', 'Simona', 'Sofia', 'Sonia', 'Sonja', 'Sophie', 'Stefania', 'Susanna', 'Susanne', 'Tamara', 'Tania', 'Tatiana', 'Teresa', 'Tiziana', 'Ursula', 'Valentina', 'Valeria', 'Vanessa', 'Vera', 'Verena', 'Veronica', 'Virginia', 'Vittoria', 'Viviana', 'Yvonne']

$firstNameFormat


    protected
    static    mixed
    $firstNameFormat
     = ['{{firstNameMale}}', '{{firstNameFemale}}']

$firstNameMale


    protected
    static    mixed
    $firstNameMale
     = ['Aaron', 'Adriano', 'Alain', 'Alan', 'Alberto', 'Aldo', 'Alessandro', 'Alessio', 'Alex', 'Alexander', 'Alfredo', 'Andrea', 'Andreas', 'André', 'Angelo', 'Antonino', 'Antonio', 'Aris', 'Armando', 'Arturo', 'Athos', 'Attilio', 'Augusto', 'Aurelio', 'Boris', 'Bruno', 'Carlo', 'Carlos', 'Carmelo', 'Carmine', 'Cesare', 'Christian', 'Claudio', 'Corrado', 'Cristian', 'Cristiano', 'Damiano', 'Daniel', 'Daniele', 'Danilo', 'Dante', 'Dario', 'David', 'Davide', 'Denis', 'Diego', 'Domenico', 'Donato', 'Edoardo', 'Elia', 'Elio', 'Emanuele', 'Emilio', 'Enea', 'Enrico', 'Enzo', 'Eric', 'Ernesto', 'Eros', 'Ettore', 'Eugenio', 'Ezio', 'Fabiano', 'Fabio', 'Fabrizio', 'Fausto', 'Federico', 'Felice', 'Fernando', 'Filippo', 'Fiorenzo', 'Flavio', 'Francesco', 'Franco', 'Fulvio', 'Gabriel', 'Gabriele', 'Gaetano', 'Gerardo', 'Giacomo', 'Gian', 'Giancarlo', 'Gianfranco', 'Gianluca', 'Gianni', 'Gioele', 'Giona', 'Giordano', 'Giorgio', 'Giovanni', 'Giuliano', 'Giulio', 'Giuseppe', 'Graziano', 'Guido', 'Hans', 'Igor', 'Ivan', 'Ivano', 'Ivo', 'Jacopo', 'Jean', 'Joel', 'Jonathan', 'José', 'Kevin', 'Kurt', 'Leandro', 'Leonardo', 'Liam', 'Livio', 'Lorenzo', 'Loris', 'Luca', 'Luciano', 'Lucio', 'Luigi', 'Luis', 'Manuel', 'Marcello', 'Marco', 'Marino', 'Mario', 'Marko', 'Markus', 'Martin', 'Martino', 'Marzio', 'Massimiliano', 'Massimo', 'Matteo', 'Mattia', 'Maurizio', 'Mauro', 'Michael', 'Michel', 'Michele', 'Mirco', 'Mirko', 'Moreno', 'Nathan', 'Nicola', 'Nicolas', 'Nicolò', 'Noah', 'Oliver', 'Omar', 'Oscar', 'Paolo', 'Pasquale', 'Patrick', 'Paul', 'Pedro', 'Peter', 'Pier', 'Pierluigi', 'Piero', 'Pietro', 'Raffaele', 'Remo', 'Renato', 'Renzo', 'René', 'Reto', 'Riccardo', 'Robert', 'Roberto', 'Rocco', 'Roland', 'Rolf', 'Romano', 'Rosario', 'Ruben', 'Rudolf', 'Sacha', 'Salvatore', 'Samuel', 'Samuele', 'Sandro', 'Sebastian', 'Sebastiano', 'Sergio', 'Silvano', 'Silvio', 'Simon', 'Simone', 'Stefan', 'Stefano', 'Thomas', 'Tiziano', 'Tommaso', 'Valentino', 'Valerio', 'Vincenzo', 'Vito', 'Vittorio', 'Walter', 'Werner']

$generator


    protected
        Generator
    $generator

$lastName


    protected
    static    mixed
    $lastName
     = ['Agustoni', 'Alberti', 'Albertini', 'Albisetti', 'Ambrosini', 'Antonini', 'Balestra', 'Balmelli', 'Bassetti', 'Bassi', 'Baumann', 'Beffa', 'Belotti', 'Beretta', 'Bernasconi', 'Berta', 'Besomi', 'Bettosini', 'Bianchi', 'Bianda', 'Bizzozero', 'Bonetti', 'Botta', 'Bottinelli', 'Brunner', 'Butti', 'Caccia', 'Campana', 'Camponovo', 'Candolfi', 'Canepa', 'Canonica', 'Capoferri', 'Carrara', 'Casanova', 'Cassina', 'Castelli', 'Cattaneo', 'Cavadini', 'Cavalli', 'Ceppi', 'Cereghetti', 'Cerutti', 'Chiesa', 'Colombo', 'Conti', 'Corti', 'Costa', 'Crivelli', 'Croci', 'Delcò', 'Delmenico', 'Donati', 'Esposito', 'Ferrari', 'Ferrazzini', 'Ferretti', 'Filippini', 'Fischer', 'Foglia', 'Foletti', 'Fontana', 'Forni', 'Frei', 'Frey', 'Frigerio', 'Fumagalli', 'Galfetti', 'Galli', 'Gamboni', 'Genini', 'Gerosa', 'Ghirlanda', 'Gianella', 'Gianinazzi', 'Gianini', 'Giannini', 'Gianola', 'Gilardi', 'Giovannini', 'Giudici', 'Gobbi', 'Grandi', 'Grassi', 'Grossi', 'Guerra', 'Guglielmetti', 'Guidotti', 'Huber', 'Jelmini', 'Keller', 'Lafranchi', 'Leonardi', 'Leoni', 'Lepori', 'Locatelli', 'Lombardi', 'Lombardo', 'Lorenzetti', 'Lucchini', 'Lupi', 'Lurati', 'Maggetti', 'Maggi', 'Maggini', 'Martinelli', 'Martini', 'Maspoli', 'Mattei', 'Medici', 'Meier', 'Meroni', 'Meyer', 'Milani', 'Minotti', 'Molinari', 'Molteni', 'Mombelli', 'Monti', 'Morandi', 'Mordasini', 'Moresi', 'Moretti', 'Morisoli', 'Moro', 'Moser', 'Müller', 'Nessi', 'Notari', 'Ortelli', 'Pagani', 'Pagnamenta', 'Papa', 'Pedrazzi', 'Pedrazzini', 'Pedrini', 'Pedroni', 'Peduzzi', 'Pellanda', 'Pellegrini', 'Pelloni', 'Pescia', 'Pesenti', 'Petrini', 'Piffaretti', 'Pini', 'Polli', 'Ponti', 'Ponzio', 'Poretti', 'Pozzi', 'Quadri', 'Realini', 'Regazzoni', 'Rezzonico', 'Rigamonti', 'Righetti', 'Rinaldi', 'Riva', 'Rizzi', 'Robbiani', 'Rodoni', 'Romano', 'Roncoroni', 'Rosselli', 'Rossetti', 'Rossi', 'Rossini', 'Rusca', 'Rusconi', 'Russo', 'Sala', 'Sargenti', 'Sartori', 'Sassi', 'Schmid', 'Schneider', 'Scolari', 'Solari', 'Solcà', 'Soldati', 'Soldini', 'Steiner', 'Storni', 'Sulmoni', 'Suter', 'Taddei', 'Tamagni', 'Tettamanti', 'Togni', 'Tognola', 'Valsangiacomo', 'Vassalli', 'Villa', 'Vitali', 'Weber', 'Widmer', 'Zanetti', 'Zanini', 'Zimmermann']

$maleNameFormats


    protected
    static    mixed
    $maleNameFormats
     = ['{{firstNameMale}} {{lastName}}']

$titleFemale


    protected
    static    mixed
    $titleFemale
     = ['Mrs.', 'Ms.', 'Miss', 'Dr.', 'Prof.']

$titleFormat


    protected
    static    mixed
    $titleFormat
     = ['{{titleMale}}', '{{titleFemale}}']

$titleMale


    protected
    static    mixed
    $titleMale
     = ['Mr.', 'Dr.', 'Prof.']

$unique


    protected
        UniqueGenerator
    $unique

$suffix


    private
    static    mixed
    $suffix
     = []

__construct()


    public
                __construct(Generator $generator) : mixed

Parameters

$generator : Generator

Return values

mixed —

asciify()

Replaces * signs with random numbers and letters and special characters


    public
            static    asciify([string $string = '****' ]) : string

Parameters

$string : string = '****': String that needs to bet parsed

Return values

string —

avs13()

Generates a valid random AVS13 (swiss social security) number


    public
            static    avs13() : string

This function acts as an alias for the function defined in the fr_CH provider.

Return values

string —

bothify()

Replaces hash signs ('#') and question marks ('?') with random numbers and letters An asterisk ('*') is replaced with either a random number or a random letter


    public
            static    bothify([string $string = '## ??' ]) : string

Parameters

$string : string = '## ??': String that needs to bet parsed

Return values

string —

firstName()


    public
                firstName([string|null $gender = null ]) : string

Parameters

$gender : string|null = null: 'male', 'female' or null for any

Return values

string —

firstNameFemale()


    public
            static    firstNameFemale() : string

Return values

string —

firstNameMale()


    public
            static    firstNameMale() : string

Return values

string —

lastName()


    public
                lastName() : string

Return values

string —

lexify()

Replaces all question mark ('?') occurrences with a random letter


    public
            static    lexify([string $string = '????' ]) : string

Parameters

$string : string = '????': String that needs to bet parsed

Return values

string —

name()


    public
                name([string|null $gender = null ]) : string

Parameters

$gender : string|null = null: 'male', 'female' or null for any

Return values

string —

numberBetween()

Returns a random number between $int1 and $int2 (any order)


    public
            static    numberBetween(int $int1[, int $int2 = 2147483647 ]) : int

Parameters

$int1 : int: default to 0
$int2 : int = 2147483647: defaults to 32 bit max integer, ie 2147483647

Return values

int —

numerify()

Replaces all hash sign ('#') occurrences with a random number Replaces all percentage sign ('%') occurrences with a not null number


    public
            static    numerify([string $string = '###' ]) : string

Parameters

$string : string = '###': String that needs to bet parsed

Return values

string —

optional()

Chainable method for making any formatter optional.


    public
                optional([float|int $weight = 0.5 ][, mixed $default = null ]) : mixed|null

Parameters

$weight : float|int = 0.5: Set the probability of receiving a null value. "0" will always return null, "1" will always return the generator. If $weight is an integer value, then the same system works between 0 (always get false) and 100 (always get true).
$default : mixed = null

Return values

mixed|null —

passthrough()

Returns the passed value


    public
            static    passthrough(mixed $value) : mixed

Parameters

$value : mixed

Return values

mixed —

randomAscii()

Returns a random ASCII character (excluding accents and special chars)


    public
            static    randomAscii() : string

Return values

string —

randomDigit()

Returns a random number between 0 and 9


    public
            static    randomDigit() : int

Return values

int —

randomDigitNot()

Generates a random digit, which cannot be $except


    public
            static    randomDigitNot(int $except) : int

Parameters

$except : int

Return values

int —

randomDigitNotNull()

Returns a random number between 1 and 9


    public
            static    randomDigitNotNull() : int

Return values

int —

randomElement()

Returns a random element from a passed array


    public
            static    randomElement([array<string|int, mixed> $array = ['a', 'b', 'c'] ]) : mixed

Parameters

$array : array<string|int, mixed> = ['a', 'b', 'c']

Return values

mixed —

randomElements()

Returns randomly ordered subsequence of $count elements from a provided array


    public
            static    randomElements([array<string|int, mixed> $array = ['a', 'b', 'c'] ][, int $count = 1 ][, bool $allowDuplicates = false ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

Parameters

$array : array<string|int, mixed> = ['a', 'b', 'c']: Array to take elements from. Defaults to a-c
$count : int = 1: Number of elements to take.
$allowDuplicates : bool = false: Allow elements to be picked several times. Defaults to false

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

New array with $count elements from $array

randomFloat()

Return a random float number


    public
            static    randomFloat([int $nbMaxDecimals = null ], float|int $min[, float|int $max = null ]) : float

Parameters

$nbMaxDecimals : int = null
$min : float|int
$max : float|int = null

Return values

float —

randomKey()

Returns a random key from a passed associative array


    public
            static    randomKey([array<string|int, mixed> $array = [] ]) : int|string|null

Parameters

$array : array<string|int, mixed> = []

Return values

int|string|null —

randomLetter()

Returns a random letter from a to z


    public
            static    randomLetter() : string

Return values

string —

randomNumber()

Returns a random integer with 0 to $nbDigits digits.


    public
            static    randomNumber([int $nbDigits = null ][, bool $strict = false ]) : int

The maximum value returned is mt_getrandmax()

Parameters

$nbDigits : int = null: Defaults to a random number between 1 and 9
$strict : bool = false: Whether the returned number should have exactly $nbDigits

Return values

int —

regexify()

Transforms a basic regular expression into a random string satisfying the expression.


    public
            static    regexify([string $regex = '' ]) : string

Parameters

$regex : string = '': A regular expression (delimiters are optional)

Return values

string —

shuffle()

Returns a shuffled version of the argument.


    public
            static    shuffle([array<string|int, mixed>|string $arg = '' ]) : array<string|int, mixed>|string

This function accepts either an array, or a string.

Parameters

$arg : array<string|int, mixed>|string = '': The set to shuffle

Return values

array<string|int, mixed>|string —

The shuffled set

shuffleArray()

Returns a shuffled version of the array.


    public
            static    shuffleArray([array<string|int, mixed> $array = [] ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

This function does not mutate the original array. It uses the Fisher–Yates algorithm, which is unbiased, together with a Mersenne twister random generator. This function is therefore more random than PHP's shuffle() function, and it is seedable.

Parameters

$array : array<string|int, mixed> = []: The set to shuffle

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

The shuffled set

shuffleString()

Returns a shuffled version of the string.


    public
            static    shuffleString([string $string = '' ][, string $encoding = 'UTF-8' ]) : string

This function does not mutate the original string. It uses the Fisher–Yates algorithm, which is unbiased, together with a Mersenne twister random generator. This function is therefore more random than PHP's shuffle() function, and it is seedable. Additionally, it is UTF8 safe if the mb extension is available.

Parameters

$string : string = '': The set to shuffle
$encoding : string = 'UTF-8': The string encoding (defaults to UTF-8)

Return values

string —

The shuffled set

suffix()


    public
            static    suffix() : mixed

Return values

mixed —

taxId()

TaxCode (CodiceFiscale)


    public
            static    taxId() : string

Return values

string —

title()


    public
                title([string|null $gender = null ]) : string

Parameters

$gender : string|null = null: 'male', 'female' or null for any

Return values

string —

titleFemale()


    public
            static    titleFemale() : string

Return values

string —

titleMale()


    public
            static    titleMale() : string

Return values

string —

toLower()

Converts string to lowercase.


    public
            static    toLower([string $string = '' ]) : string

Uses mb_string extension if available.

Parameters

$string : string = '': String that should be converted to lowercase

Return values

string —

toUpper()

Converts string to uppercase.


    public
            static    toUpper([string $string = '' ]) : string

Uses mb_string extension if available.

Parameters

$string : string = '': String that should be converted to uppercase

Return values

string —

unique()

Chainable method for making any formatter unique.


    public
                unique([bool $reset = false ][, int $maxRetries = 10000 ]) : UniqueGenerator


// will never return twice the same value
$faker->unique()->randomElement(array(1, 2, 3));

Parameters

$reset : bool = false: If set to true, resets the list of existing values
$maxRetries : int = 10000: Maximum number of retries to find a unique value, After which an OverflowException is thrown.

Return values

UniqueGenerator —

A proxy class returning only non-existing values

valid()

Chainable method for forcing any formatter to return only valid values.


    public
                valid([Closure $validator = null ][, int $maxRetries = 10000 ]) : ValidGenerator

The value validity is determined by a function passed as first argument.


$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]

Parameters

$validator : Closure = null: A function returning true for valid values
$maxRetries : int = 10000: Maximum number of retries to find a unique value, After which an OverflowException is thrown.

Return values

ValidGenerator —

A proxy class returning only valid values

replaceWildcard()


    private
            static    replaceWildcard(mixed $string[, mixed $wildcard = '#' ][, mixed $callback = 'static::randomDigit' ]) : mixed

Parameters

$string : mixed
$wildcard : mixed = '#'
$callback : mixed = 'static::randomDigit'

Return values

mixed —

Person extends Person in package Application

Table of Contents

Constants

GENDER_FEMALE

GENDER_MALE

Properties

$femaleNameFormats

$firstNameFemale

Tags

$firstNameFormat

$firstNameMale

Tags

$generator

$lastName

Tags

$maleNameFormats

$titleFemale

$titleFormat

$titleMale

$unique

$suffix

Methods

__construct()

Parameters

Return values

asciify()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

avs13()

Tags

Return values

bothify()

Parameters

Return values

firstName()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

firstNameFemale()

Return values

firstNameMale()

Return values

lastName()

Tags

Return values

lexify()

Parameters

Return values

name()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

numberBetween()

Parameters

Tags

Return values

numerify()

Parameters

Return values

optional()

Parameters

Return values

passthrough()

Parameters

Return values

randomAscii()

Return values

randomDigit()

Return values

randomDigitNot()

Parameters

Return values

randomDigitNotNull()

Return values

randomElement()

Parameters

Return values

randomElements()

Parameters

Person extends Person
in package

Application