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alister/faker-extensions
========================

Additional providers for fzaninotto/Faker lib.

1.3.1(7y ago)32151MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Feb 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Faker extensions
================

[](#faker-extensions)

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Available extensions
--------------------

[](#available-extensions)

- Skills - available as array (via skills($qty)) and skillsString($qty)
- LondonDistricts - returns a single london district name
    - source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_areas\_of\_London](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_areas_of_London)

Use
---

[](#use)

```
use Alister\Faker\Provider\LondonDistricts;

// and in the code:
$faker = Faker\Factory::create('en_GB');
$faker->addProvider(new FakeSkills($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new LondonDistricts($faker));

```

They can also be used via the [BazingaFakerBundle](https://github.com/willdurand/BazingaFakerBundle)

```
faker.provider.london_districts:
    class: Alister\Faker\Provider\LondonDistricts
    arguments: [@faker.generator]
    tags:
        - { name: bazinga_faker.provider }

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~229 days

Recently: every ~129 days

Total

7

Last Release

2768d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4

1.0.2PHP >=5.5

1.2.0PHP >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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