Stydnet Factory Package

This packages allows you to build model factories for Laravel 5.4 using classes and methods instead of closures.

How to install

Install by running composer require styde/factory:"dev-master" --dev or adding "styde/factory": "dev-master" to the dev dependencies (require-dev) in the project's composer.json file and then running composer update.

Then create a "factory-classes" directory inside "database" and add the following to the "autoload-dev" section in your composer.json file:

      "autoload-dev": {
          "classmap": [
              "database/factory-classes",

And then execute composer dump-autoload in the console.

Note: you can put the factory classes anywhere you want and of course you can also use PSR-4 if you want to.

Warning: Laravel loads the database/factories/ multiple times during the test cycle. This will cause a conflict since you cannot override classes. So please don't put the factory classes in the database/factories directory, unless you are completely sure you are not using the factory helper.

Creating Factory Classes:

The factory classes have the following structure:

<?php

class UserFactory extends Styde\Factory\Factory
{
    protected $model = 'App\User';

    public function data()
    {
        return [
            /***/
        ];
    }
}

You can name the factory class whatever you like, but you need to extend Styde\Factory\Factory

You also need to define the $model property and assign it the name of the model you want to create, (example: App\User).

And you need to add a data() method that will return an array with the default attributes for this model factory:

Example:

     public function data()
     {
         return [
             'first_name' => $this->firstName,
             'last_name' => $this->lastName,
             'username' => $this->unique()->userName,
             'email' => $this->unique()->safeEmail,
             'remember_token' => str_random(10),
         ];
     }

Notice in the case $this-> is a proxy of $this->faker->

States:

Since we are using classes now, states become simple methods inside the factory class:

    public function stateDelinquent()
    {
        return ['account_status' => 'delinquent'];
    }

Note these methods need to be prefixed with the "state" and need to return the corresponding attributes.

Usage:

With factory classe you won't use the factory helper, instead you can write this:

UserFactory::create() in order to create a new user and register it in the database.

Other examples:

• UserFactory::make() creates a new user without persisting it in the database.

• UserFactory::times(3)->create() creates 3 users and persist them in the database.

• UserFactory::delinquent()->create() creates a user with delinquent status (following the previous example about states).

This package is in development: more tests, features and a stable version will be added later.

If you want to collaborate please send a pull request or report an issue here in GitHub.