How to concatenate Faker's random first name and its last name to a full name in Laravel 5
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You would just create the faker firstName
and lastName
in the foreach loop and then concatenate them for the username
.
public function run()
{
$faker = Faker::create();
foreach(range(1, 10) as $index) {
$firstName = $faker->firstName;
$lastName = $faker->lastName;
User::create([
'first_name' => $firstName,
'last_name' => $lastName,
'username' => $firstName.$lastName,
'email' => $faker->email,
'password' => bcrypt($faker->password(6))
]);
}
}
To answer your second question. It depends on your desired email address.
public function run()
{
$faker = Faker::create();
foreach(range(1, 10) as $index) {
$firstName = $faker->firstName;
$lastName = $faker->lastName;
$username = $firstName.$lastName;
// username @ specific url
$email = $username.'@exampple.ca';
// first initial last name @ specific url
$email = $firstName[0].$lastName.'@exampple.ca';
// username @ random email safe url
$email = $username.'@'.$faker->safeEmailDomain;
// first initial last name @ random email safe url
$email = $firstName[0].$lastName.'@'.$faker->safeEmailDomain;
User::create([
'first_name' => $firstName,
'last_name' => $lastName,
'username' => $username,
'email' => $email,
'password' => bcrypt($faker->password(6))
]);
}
}
Author by
B.D
Updated on June 22, 2022Comments
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B.D almost 2 years
I am trying to use Faker in Laravel 5. Now I need to create some users in my User table, I choose Faker.
I know how to create random firstname, lastname or userName, but I want to concatenate each FN and LN to be username, how can I do that? Here is my codes in seeder file.
public function run() { $faker = Faker::create(); foreach(range(1, 10) as $index) { User::create([ 'first_name' => $faker->firstName($gender = null|'male'|'female'), 'last_name' => $faker->lastName, 'username' => $faker->userName(), 'email' => $faker->email, 'password' => bcrypt($faker->password(6)) ]); } }
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B.D over 8 yearsThx! That makes sense! By the way, could I use username as email' s account name? How can I do that? Like my username is BobCroft, then my email is [email protected]?
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whoacowboy over 8 years@billdou Updated per your comment/question.