bambamboole/extended-faker

A FakerPHP extension providing realistic product, category, blog post, and fixture-backed page data across locales.

0.8.0 2026-06-15 20:47 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• davidbadura/faker-markdown-generator: ^1.1
• fakerphp/faker: ^1.24
• league/commonmark: ^2.7

Requires (Dev)

• laravel/pint: ^1.16
• pestphp/pest: ^3.8
• pestphp/pest-plugin-type-coverage: ^3.6
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1

Suggests

• ext-dom: To validate generated SVG markup
• _image-build: Rebuilding fixture images (composer images:build) needs Node.js and sharp (run: npm install). The shipped package only reads the committed WebP files and has no such requirement.

MIT

• Manuel Christlieb

• faker
• fixtures
• testing
• seeding
• bambamboole
• fakerphp

README

PHP package extending FakerPHP/Faker with realistic product, category, blog post, and page data. Products are generated from compositional templates (effectively unlimited, trademark-free). Provides 19+ categories, 12 fixture-backed pages, and dynamically generates 1000+ unique blog posts with localized content across English (en_US) and German (de_DE).

Features

• Cross-language consistency: Same identifiers across locales with localized content
• Multiple data types: Products, categories, blog posts, and pages
• Dynamic blog post generation: Compositional template system generates 1000+ unique blog posts
• Markdown blog posts: Professional content with headings, code blocks, and rich formatting
• Fixture-backed pages: Named pages composed of structured Content blocks, renderable to Markdown or WordPress block markup
• Realistic data: Synthetic, trademark-free product names, descriptions, categories, and dynamically composed articles
• Deterministic generation: Same seed produces same blog post for reproducible testing
• Extensible: Easy to add new data via JSON template files

Installation

composer require bambamboole/extended-faker

Usage

Products

Products are generated deterministically from compositional templates, so $faker->unique()->product() yields effectively unlimited unique products (synthetic, trademark-free names like "Voltari Pulse 7 Pro 256GB Graphite").

use Faker\Factory;
use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\Providers\en_US\Product;

$faker = Factory::create('en_US');
$faker->addProvider(new Product($faker));

$product = $faker->product();              // random ProductDto
$product = $faker->generateProduct(42);    // deterministic by seed
$same    = $faker->productBySku($product->sku); // round-trips to the same product
$de      = $faker->getProductInLocale($product->sku, 'de_DE'); // same SKU, localized

Categories

use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\Providers\en_US\Category;

$faker->addProvider(new Category($faker));

$category = $faker->category();          // Random category
$categoryName = $faker->categoryName();  // "Electronics"

Blog Posts

use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\Providers\en_US\BlogPost;

$faker->addProvider(new BlogPost($faker));

// Random blog post (dynamically generated)
$post = $faker->blogPost();
// BlogPostDto with title, content, excerpt, tags, author, etc.

// Specific blog post methods
$title = $faker->blogPostTitle();        // "Getting Started with Docker in 2024"
$content = $faker->blogPostContent();    // Full markdown content
$excerpt = $faker->blogPostExcerpt();    // Short summary
$tags = $faker->blogPostTags();          // ["docker", "devops", "containers"]
$author = $faker->blogPostAuthor();      // "Michael Chen"
$category = $faker->blogPostCategory();  // "technology"
$readingTime = $faker->blogPostReadingTime(); // 2 (minutes)

// Get post by dynamically generated slug
$slug = $post->slug;
$retrievedPost = $faker->blogPostBySlug($slug);

// Cross-locale blog posts work with any generated slug
$enPost = $faker->blogPost();
$dePost = $faker->getBlogPostInLocale($enPost->slug, 'de_DE');

Pages

use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\Providers\en_US\Page;
use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\Page\PageType;

$faker->addProvider(new Page($faker));

// Named fixture-backed page
$page = $faker->page('about');
// PageDto with title, slug, content blocks, excerpt, template, seo, etc.

// Typed page lookup
$pricing = $faker->page(PageType::Pricing);
$about = $faker->pageByType(PageType::About);

// Render page content
$content = $faker->pageContent('about');      // Markdown content
$blocks = $faker->pageBlockContent('about');  // WordPress block markup
$seo = $faker->pageSeo('about');              // SEO title and description

// Cross-locale pages work with shared slugs
$dePage = $faker->getPageInLocale($page->slug, 'de_DE');
$aboutPage = $faker->pageBySlug('about', 'en_US');

Using ExtendedFaker Helper

For convenience, use the ExtendedFaker::extend() method to register all providers at once:

use Faker\Factory;
use Bambamboole\ExtendedFaker\ExtendedFaker;

// Automatically registers Product, Category, BlogPost, and Page providers
$faker = Factory::create('en_US');
ExtendedFaker::extend($faker, 'en_US');

// Now use any provider
$product = $faker->product();
$category = $faker->category();
$blogPost = $faker->blogPost();
$page = $faker->page();

// German locale
$fakerDe = Factory::create('de_DE');
ExtendedFaker::extend($fakerDe, 'de_DE');

Available Methods

Product Provider

• productName(?string $identifier = null): string
• productDescription(?string $identifier = null): string
• productCategory(?string $identifier = null): string
• product(?string $identifier = null): ProductDto
• generateProduct(int $seed, ?string $category = null, ?string $locale = null): ProductDto
• productBySku(string $sku, ?string $locale = null): ProductDto
• getProductInLocale(string $sku, string $locale): ProductDto

Category Provider

• categoryName(?string $identifier = null): string
• category(?string $identifier = null): array

BlogPost Provider

• blogPostTitle(?string $identifier = null): string
• blogPostContent(?string $identifier = null): string
• blogPostExcerpt(?string $identifier = null): string
• blogPostCategory(?string $identifier = null): string
• blogPostTags(?string $identifier = null): array
• blogPostAuthor(?string $identifier = null): string
• blogPostReadingTime(?string $identifier = null): int
• blogPost(?string $identifier = null): BlogPostDto
• blogPostBySlug(string $slug, ?string $locale = null): BlogPostDto
• getBlogPostSlug(string $title): string
• getBlogPostInLocale(string $slug, string $locale): BlogPostDto

Page Provider

• pageTitle(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): string
• pageContent(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): string
• pageBlockContent(string|PageType|null $identifier = null, ?WordPressBlockOptions $options = null): string
• pageExcerpt(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): string
• pageTemplate(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): string
• pageSeo(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): array
• page(string|PageType|null $identifier = null): PageDto
• pageByType(PageType $page, ?string $locale = null): PageDto
• pageBySlug(string $slug, ?string $locale = null): PageDto
• getPageSlug(string $title): string
• getPageInLocale(string $slug, string $locale): PageDto

Data Structure

Categories and pages are stored as JSON files. Products and blog posts are dynamically generated from composable templates:

resources/
├── categories/
│   ├── cell-phones-smartphones.json
│   ├── electronics.json
│   └── ...
├── pages/
│   ├── about.json
│   ├── contact.json
│   └── ...
└── blog-templates/
    ├── titles.json              // Title patterns by category
    ├── introductions.json       // Opening paragraph templates
    ├── sections.json            // Body content blocks by category
    ├── conclusions.json         // Closing paragraph templates
    ├── code-examples.json       // Code snippets for tech posts
    └── metadata.json            // Authors, tags, topics, dates

Blog Post Generation

Blog posts are dynamically generated using a compositional template system that mixes and matches components:

• 1000+ unique combinations from template patterns
• Deterministic generation: Same seed always produces the same post
• Category-specific content: Technology, Business, Travel, Lifestyle
• Automatic slug generation from titles
• Reading time calculation based on word count (200 words/minute)
• 3-5 minute reads: Short, focused blog posts (150-350 words)

Available Categories: Technology, Business, Travel, Lifestyle

Each generated post includes:

• Unique title and slug
• Category-appropriate introduction
• 4-5 content sections
• Conclusion
• 3-5 relevant tags
• Random author name
• Published date (2023-2024)
• Calculated reading time
• Optional code examples (technology posts)

Fixture Images

Every product, category, and page exposes a small, copyright-safe comic image (bold-outline SVG rasterized to WebP, committed under resources/images/).

$faker->productImageDto();              // ImageDto -> images/products/{category}/{n}.webp
$faker->productImage();                 // path, e.g. "images/products/cell-phones-smartphones/3.webp"
$faker->category()['image'];            // "images/categories/electronics.webp"
$faker->page('about')->image;           // "images/pages/about.webp"
$faker->pageImage('about');             // same path

Each generated product gets a committed WebP matching its category and colour: every category's comic motif is rendered in each palette, and a product points to the palette that matches its colour (so products sharing a category and colour share an image). The ImageDto exposes the relative path plus the resolved absolute path and file metadata. The shipped package only reads the committed WebP files. To regenerate the set, run npm install && composer images:build — rasterization uses Node + sharp. See the creating-fixture-images skill for the motif system.

Requirements

• PHP 8.3+
• fakerphp/faker ^1.24
• league/commonmark ^2.7
• symfony/yaml ^7.3

Testing

composer test            # run the test suite
composer test:coverage   # run with coverage
composer test:lint       # check code style (Pint)
composer analyse         # static analysis (PHPStan)

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [e-mail] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Manuel Christlieb
• All Contributors

License

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