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paulhennell/faker-news
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Faker provider for fake news!

v2.0.0(3y ago)31.2k1MITPHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Jul 25Pushed 1y agoCompare

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A fake news provider for php Faker
==================================

[](#a-fake-news-provider-for-php-faker)

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This is a custom provider for [fakerphp/Faker](https://fakerphp.github.io/) generating fake news headlines for use when testing website design. Also includes a fake news source name generator.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require paulhennell/faker-news
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$faker = (new \Faker\Factory())::create();
$faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenews($faker));
$faker->addProvider(new \Faker\Provider\Fakenewssource($faker));

// generate a headline
echo $faker->headline;

// generate a named newssource (75% Newspapers, 25% TV news as below)
echo $faker->NewssourceName;

// generate a Newspaper name
// 'The Daily Texas', 'The Morning Herald', 'Manchester Post' etc
echo $faker->NewspaperName;

// generate a TV source name
// 'KKN News', 'ATV', 'JKK 247' etc
echo $faker->TvNewsName;
```

### Laravel Factory Setup

[](#laravel-factory-setup)

Create a FakerService provider (and register in bootstrap/providers.php

```
class FakerServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        $this->app->singleton(\Faker\Generator::class, function () {
            $faker = \Faker\Factory::create();
            $faker->addProvider(new Fakenews($faker));
            $faker->addProvider(new Fakenewssource($faker));
            return $faker;
        });
    }
```

You can now access the fields in the model factories:

```
'headline' => $this->faker->headline(),
'publisher' => $this->faker->NewssourceName(),
```

### Testing

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Paul Hennell](https://github.com/paulhennell)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

PHP Package Boilerplate
-----------------------

[](#php-package-boilerplate)

This package was generated using the [PHP Package Boilerplate](https://laravelpackageboilerplate.com).

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~678 days

Total

2

Last Release

1440d ago

Major Versions

1.0 → v2.0.02022-06-03

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP ^7.1

v2.0.0PHP ^7.3|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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