Laravel Faker Unknown formatter

Question

I have tried everything possible but I could not get to the bottom of what I am doing wrong. I am trying to load my database with dummy data but I keep get unknown formatter "description". Description is one of the variables I am using.

Below is my factory code and my seeder coder

use Faker\Generator as Faker;
use Analytics\Blockgrant;

$factory->define(Blockgrant::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'description' => $faker->description,
        'value' => $faker->value
    ];
});

<?php

use Faker\Generator as Faker;
use Universityobfanalytics\Blockgrantcomponents;

$factory->define(Blockgrantcomponents::class, function (Faker $faker) {
    return [
        'blockgrants_id' => $faker->blockgrants_id,
        'description' => $faker->description,
        'percentage' => $faker->percentage,
        'value' => $faker->value
    ];
});

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Analytics\Blockgrant;
use Analytics\Blockgrantcomponents;

class BlockgrantSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        factory(Blockgrant::class, 10)->create()->each(function ($blockgrant) {
            $blockgrant->blockgrantcomponents()->save(factory(Blockgrantcomponents::class)->create());

        });
    }
}

I am using a one to one hasOne and belongsTo relationship

Can somebody please assist by telling me what I am doing wrong.

Are you sure `$faker->blockgrants_id` is available in the library ? — Sagar Gautam, Nov 29 '19 at 05:11
Please have a look at https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker/ to see available methods — Sagar Gautam, Nov 29 '19 at 05:12
More specifically formatters. https://github.com/fzaninotto/Faker#formatters You can use `$faker->sentence` or `realText` for description. `randomNumber` for value and percentages, and so on. — user3532758, Nov 29 '19 at 05:18

score 58 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '21 at 22:00

58

It can be because you are using PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase instead of Tests\TestCase in your test.

answered Jan 23 '21 at 22:00

Victor Timoftii

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This answer helped me fix my own problem. It should be marked as correct – James Hamann Jun 24 '21 at 17:23
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This is the correct solution thank you. – Stanley Nov 24 '21 at 15:18
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thank you! your answer helped me! – abe Jan 31 '22 at 22:07
Its not posible to use faker without Tests\TestCase? For example in a unit test – alvaropgl Feb 28 '22 at 16:54
Your solution solved my problem. Thank you! – Farzan Badakhshan May 17 '22 at 08:29

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 27 '22 at 23:23

I am using Pest and was getting the same error when trying to write unit tests in my project, my solution:

In the file tests/Pest.php, I had a line like this:

uses(Tests\TestCase::class)->in('Feature');

I changed it to this and it worked

uses(Tests\TestCase::class)->in('Feature', 'Unit');

In the classTest/TestCase, remember to call parent::setup() in the constructor, like this:

 protected function setUp(): void
{
    try {
        parent::setUp();
    } catch (QueryException $e) {
        file_put_contents(
            getcwd() . '/testing_env_log',
            json_encode([
                'db' => Config::get('database'),
                'env' => $_ENV,
                'app' => Config::get('app'),
            ], JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR)
        );

        throw $e;
    }
    Event::fake();
}

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '23 at 15:37

You need to create your own TestCase class, which will use the CreatesApplication trait you created.
All this will look like this:

class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    use CreatesApplication;
}

trait CreatesApplication
{
    public function createApplication(): Application
    {
        $app = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';

        $app->make(Kernel::class)->bootstrap();

        return $app;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '23 at 21:45

Solution 1 - if use tests

Check in test setUp, do you call parent::setUp().

protected function setUp(): void
{
    parent::setUp();
    $this->setUpBannedUsersList();
}

Solution 2 Try create and use new faker:

$faker = \Faker\Factory::create();

Example

class UserFactory extends Factory
{    
    protected $model = User::class;

    public function definition(): array
    {
        //Instead of using $this->faker use new created $faker

        $faker = \Faker\Factory::create();

        return [
            'name' => $faker->name,
            'email' => $faker->unique()->safeEmail,
            'password' => Hash::make($faker->password),
        ];
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 23 '23 at 22:08

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In my case, I had forgotten to run the parent::setUp() function in the child class's setUp() function.

answered Jul 23 '23 at 22:08

MT_Shikomba

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 23 '23 at 10:42

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You need to declare "description" like paragraph, that's all. I hope this information be useful:

        'description' => $faker->paragraph

edited Aug 23 '23 at 10:42

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answered Aug 21 '23 at 16:36

Maria Virginia

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