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matthewpatterson/carpenter
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A library to set up database models with test data

0.1(11y ago)116MITPHP

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Carpenter
=========

[](#carpenter)

A PHP library for setting up database fixtures, heavily inspired by [FactoryGirl](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl).

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add the following to a `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "matthewpatterson/carpenter": "*"
    }
}
```

Then, run `composer install`.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Defining Factories

[](#defining-factories)

Factories are free-form classes, allowing for a lot of flexibility in their definition. All you need to make a class a factory is the `@Factory` annotation. For example, consider this factory that won't really do much of anything:

```