Enum field population with Faker and Factories

I answer it and give anyone needs the same sample code:

$factory->define(ClassName::class, function (Faker\Generator $faker) {
    //Array values
    $arrayValues = ['low', 'medium', 'hight'];

    return [
        'name' => $faker->name,
        'damage' => $arrayValues[rand(0,2)]
    ];
});

That sample code is placed in the ModelFactory.php file.

@xingfucoder

use this

'something' => $faker->randomElement(['foo' ,'bar', 'baz']),

:: mutters about enum fields being evil :: ;-)

Thanks @edoc for your reply, better than my method.

Hi @ohffs could you explain please about your enum field comment.

Thanks.

Just that different databases do different things with them and it's easy to get trapped or encounter difficult to spot bugs. So in mysql prior to the new 5.7 (and depending on the config of 5.7) you can do :

create table enums (statuses enum('ok', 'error'));
insert into enums values('ok');
insert into enums values('hellokitty');
select * from enums;

| statuses |
+----------+
| ok       |
|          |

5.7 is a little different, another database is different to that, etc. I think it's just given programmers a feeling of safety where-as it's a bit more error-prone.

For the googlers, You can pass the enum class directly into it, so if Something is a php enum, you can :

$randomEnum = fake()->randomElement( Something::class);

and get a random case.