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lulco/populator
===============

Database fake data populator for PHP

1.3.0(1y ago)932.0k↓34.6%4MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Dec 27Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Populator
=========

[](#populator)

Allows populate fake data to your database

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The best feature of this library is AutomaticPopulatorCommand which populates data based on full database structure. It analyses database table tree and creates items for each table - leaves first.

```
// file bin/command.php

$database = new Populator\Database\Database('db_name', 'mysql:dbname=db_name;host=db_host', 'db_user', 'db_password');
$populator = new Populator\Command\AutomaticPopulatorCommand($database, ['phoenix_log', 'phinxlog', 'migration_log', 'versions', 'api_logs', 'api_tokens'], true, $columnNameAndTypeCallbacks);

$application = new Application();
$application->add($populator);
$application->run();
```

Run:

```
php bin/command.php populator:populate

```

With this setup, AutomaticPopulatorCommand will create 5 items in all leaf-tables, than 25 for 2nd level, and 125 for all next levels. It can be changed by parameters `$countBase` and `$maxCountPerTable` of AutomaticPopulatorCommand.

You can also use AutomaticPopulator which allows you to create fake data for one table based on its structure or column names.

Create file e.g. `bin/command.php` as shown below (or add PopulatorCommand to existing Symfony console application):

```
// file bin/command.php

$application = new Symfony\Component\Console\Application();
$populator = new Populator\Command\PopulatorCommand();
$populator->addDatabase(new Populator\Database\Database('db_name', 'mysql:dbname=db_name;host=db_host', 'db_user', 'db_password'));

$table1Populator = new Populator\Populator\AutomaticPopulator('table_1', 50);
$populator->addPopulator($table1Populator);

$application->add($populator);
$application->run();
```

This setup will populate 50 fake rows for database table with name `table_1` after executing this command:

```
php bin/command.php populator:populate

```

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.7% 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 ~622 days

Total

5

Last Release

573d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.02019-04-01

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP >=7.1.0

1.2.0PHP >=7.4 <8.3

1.3.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9377319?v=4)[Michal Lulco](/maintainers/lulco)[@lulco](https://github.com/lulco)

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Top Contributors

[![lulco](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9377319?v=4)](https://github.com/lulco "lulco (58 commits)")[![riki137](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1223388?v=4)](https://github.com/riki137 "riki137 (1 commits)")[![tonop01](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29866948?v=4)](https://github.com/tonop01 "tonop01 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

phpdatabaseFake data

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/lulco-populator/health.svg)

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```

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