prewk/xml-faker

Create random XML with the help of fzaniotto/Faker.

xml-faker

Create fake XML with the help of fzaninotto/Faker, _(*1)

Why?

Useful for testing stuff., _(*2)

Usage

Supply the constructor with a valid SimpleXMLElement and use the methods to generate XML in the sizes that you wish., _(*3)

Your supplied XML will be used as a blueprint for creating the random XML. If an attribute as an integer, random integers will be created for those attributes. If your node text consists of a text with linebreaks, a random text with the same amount of linebreaks will be created for those nodes., _(*4)

Only the first node encountered will be used like this, the rest of your supplied XML will be ignored., _(*5)

Installation

composer.json:, _(*6)

"require": {
    "prewk/xml-faker": "*"
}

Example

Create an example.xml:, _(*7)

<root-node>
  <node>
    <child-a>OneWord</child-a>
    <child-b>123</child-b>
    <child-c an-integer-attribute="123">
      <grandchild an-float-attribute="456">
        This is some
        text on some
        lines
      </grandchild>
    </child-c>
  </node>
</root-node>

Load it:, _(*8)

$myXmlBlueprint = simplexml_load_file("example.xml");
$xmlFaker = new Prewk\XmlFaker($myXmlBlueprint);

Create an XML string with 100 nodes:, _(*9)

echo $xmlFaker->asString(Prewk\XmlFaker::NODE_COUNT_RESTRICTION_MODE, 100);

Create an XML string of maximum 1 MB (1024 * 1024 chars):, _(*10)

echo $xmlFaker->asString(Prewk\XmlFaker::BYTE_COUNT_RESTRICTION_MODE, 1024 * 1024);

More useful, stream an XML file of 100 MB to disk (will take a while):, _(*11)

$xmlFaker->asFile("my-new-large-xml-file.xml", Prewk\XmlFaker::BYTE_COUNT_RESTRICTION_MODE, 100 * 1024 * 1024);