Laravel Faker – Create Realistic Dummy Data for Testing

class UserFactory extends Factory
{
  public function definition(): array
  {
    return [
      'name' => $this->faker->name,
      'email' => $this->faker->unique()->safeEmail,
      'phone' => $this->faker->phoneNumber,
      'dob' => $this->faker->date,
      'address' => $this->faker->address,
    ];
  }
}

Faker Data Types

Here’s the list of commonly used $this->faker methods (grouped by category) with examples:

1️⃣ Person Data

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->name	"John Doe"
$this->faker->firstName	"Michael"
$this->faker->lastName	"Smith"
$this->faker->title	"Mr."
$this->faker->titleMale	"Mr."
$this->faker->titleFemale	"Mrs."

2️⃣ Address

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->address	"123 Main St, New York, NY 10001"
$this->faker->streetName	"Maple Street"
$this->faker->streetAddress	"742 Evergreen Terrace"
$this->faker->city	"Los Angeles"
$this->faker->state	"California"
$this->faker->postcode	"90210"
$this->faker->country	"India"
$this->faker->latitude	"37.7749"
$this->faker->longitude	"-122.4194"

3️⃣ Phone / Email / Internet

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->phoneNumber	"+91 9876543210"
$this->faker->email	"alex@example.com"
$this->faker->unique()->safeEmail	"maria@gmail.com"
$this->faker->userName	"cool_guy99"
$this->faker->domainName	"example.org"
$this->faker->url	"https://example.com"
$this->faker->ipv4	"192.168.1.1"
$this->faker->ipv6	"2001:db8::1"

4️⃣ Text / String

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->word	"developer"
$this->faker->sentence	"Laravel makes development simple."
$this->faker->paragraph	"This is a longer piece of text used for testing..."
$this->faker->text(100)	Random 100-character string

5️⃣ Date & Time

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->date	"2025-08-22"
$this->faker->time	"14:30:45"
$this->faker->dateTime	"2025-08-22 18:15:00"
$this->faker->dateTimeBetween('-1 years', 'now')	Random date in past year
$this->faker->dateTimeThisYear	Random date in current year
$this->faker->dayOfWeek	"Monday"
$this->faker->monthName	"August"

6️⃣ Numbers

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->randomDigit	7
$this->faker->randomDigitNotNull	5
$this->faker->numberBetween(100, 200)	145
$this->faker->randomNumber(5)	48392
$this->faker->randomFloat(2, 1, 100)	45.67

7️⃣ Commerce / Payment

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->company	"TechSoft Pvt Ltd"
$this->faker->jobTitle	"Software Engineer"
$this->faker->creditCardNumber	"4532 8473 9123 4567"
$this->faker->creditCardExpirationDate	"08/27"
$this->faker->iban	"DE89370400440532013000"
$this->faker->swiftBicNumber	"DEUTDEFF"

8️⃣ Images & Files

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->imageUrl(640, 480, 'cats')	"http://placekitten.com/640/480"
$this->faker->image('public/storage/images', 400, 300, null, false)	"image1.jpg"
$this->faker->file('/tmp', '/storage/app/uploads')	Path to copied file

9️⃣ UUID & Slug

Method	Example Output
$this->faker->uuid	"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
$this->faker->slug	"laravel-query-builder"

🔟 Custom Generators

You can combine Faker methods:

$this->faker->unique()->randomElement(['gold', 'silver', 'bronze']);
$this->faker->boolean; // true / false
$this->faker->optional()->word; // may return null

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