A fake news provider for php Faker

This is a custom provider for fzaniotto/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 awladdeleo/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;

Example Laravel Factory Useage

<?php


use App\NewsStory;
use Faker\Generator as Faker;

$factory->define(NewsStory::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    $faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenews($faker));
    $faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenewssource($faker));
    return [
        'headline' => $faker->headline,
        'source' => $faker->newssourcename,
        'summary' => $faker->text,
        'url' => $faker->unique()->url,
    ];
});

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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