Laravel 5.1 Localize Factory Seeder

Question

I implemented a new factory to generate random data. But I want to have this random data in the format of de_DE. So usually I create a faker object first, but this is not the case in Laravel 5.1 with the new ModelFactory class. How do I localize this then?

$factory->define(App\Models\AED::class, function($faker) {
    return [
        'owner' => $faker->company,
        'street' => $faker->streetAddress,
        'latitude' => $faker->latitude,
        'longitude' => $faker->longitude
    ];
});

Answer 1

In order to change the default locale used by Faker, the easiest way is to simply override the FakerGenerator binding with your own concrete implementation:

// AppServiceProvider.php
$this->app->singleton(FakerGenerator::class, function () {
    return FakerFactory::create('nl_NL');
});

On top of your AppServiceProvider.php file add the following lines:

use Faker\Generator as FakerGenerator;
use Faker\Factory as FakerFactory;

For example, the above code will mean all Faker instances are created using the nl_NL provider, thus creating Dutch faker data.

Remember: this has to happen after the DatabaseServiceProvider has been executed, so make sure to put your own AppServiceProvider after all of the Laravel ServiceProviders in your config.php array.

Answer 2

Try

$factory->define(App\Models\AED::class, function($faker) {
    $faker->locale = "YOUR_LOCALE";
    ...
});