How to implement your own Faker provider in Laravel

Question

I want to create a custom provider for Faker in Laravel (e.g. one for a random building name).

Where do I store the custom provider in my application and how do I use i

Answer 1

Create your custom provider class and save it under app/Faker/CustomProvider.php. Code:

namespace App\Faker;

use Faker\Provider\Base;

class CustomProvider extends Base
{
    public function customName()
    {
        return $this->generator->sentence(rand(2, 6));
    }
}

Then you need just add your custom provider to faker by addProvider method. Example of laravel's factory with adding custom provider:

define(App\Models\Model::class, function(Faker $faker) {
    $faker->addProvider(new App\Faker\CustomProvider($faker));

    return [
         'name' => $faker->customName,
    ];
});