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mlo/factory-bot
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Create fixtures for testing

v0.3.1(8y ago)118MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Dec 24Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Factory Bot PHP
===============

[](#factory-bot-php)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/449f552b2a1eb3876b4a79339678b400613d29f3f57ea9d2b444f6e512d72642/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d6c6f626572672f666163746f72792d626f742d7068702e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mloberg/factory-bot-php)

Factory Bot is a fixture generation library for PHP inspired by [factory\_bot](https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See `tests/` for some examples for now.

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~4 days

Total

5

Last Release

3092d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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testingfactoryFixture

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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