Faker\ORM\Doctrine\Populator Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	__construct (Generator $generator, ObjectManager $manager=null, $batchSize=1000)
	addEntity ($entity, $number, $customColumnFormatters=array(), $customModifiers=array(), $generateId=false)
	execute ($entityManager=null)

Protected Attributes
	$batchSize
	$generator
	$manager
	$entities = array()
	$quantities = array()
	$generateId = array()

Detailed Description

Service class for populating a database using the Doctrine ORM or ODM. A Populator can populate several tables using ActiveRecord classes.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__construct()

Faker\ORM\Doctrine\Populator::__construct	(	Generator	$generator,
		ObjectManager	$manager = null,
			$batchSize = 1000
	)

Populator constructor.

Parameters

Generator	$generator
ObjectManager | null	$manager
int	$batchSize

Member Function Documentation

addEntity()

Faker\ORM\Doctrine\Populator::addEntity	(		$entity,
			$number,
			$customColumnFormatters = array(),
			$customModifiers = array(),
			$generateId = false
	)

Add an order for the generation of $number records for $entity.

Parameters

mixed	$entity	A Doctrine classname, or a \Faker\ORM\Doctrine\EntityPopulator instance
int	$number	The number of entities to populate

execute()

Faker\ORM\Doctrine\Populator::execute

(

$entityManager = null

)

Populate the database using all the Entity classes previously added.

Please note that large amounts of data will result in more memory usage since the the Populator will return all newly created primary keys after executing.

Parameters

null | EntityManager

$entityManager

A Doctrine connection object

Returns

array A list of the inserted PKs

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• vendor/fzaninotto/faker/src/Faker/ORM/Doctrine/Populator.php