Rando-PHP

RandoPHP is a PHP open source package for random stuff. With this package you can:

• Draw: Extract random items (sample) from an array. This is useful when you want to "draw" some numbers or items;
• Generate: useful for create random
  • item like integer, byte, boolean, float, lat/long coordinates, char (numeric, alphabetic, alphanumeric);
  • sequences like array of integer or char;

With the fluent interface you can control some things like:

• minimum and maximum value for generation;
• how many items you want to create;
• for sequences if you want or not duplicates ([1,5,3,1,1], 1 is duplicate or [1,6,5,3,8], no duplicates);
• And other stuff, see the documentation for more options.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage, how to generate:
  • Random char
  • Random boolean
  • Random float
  • Random integer
  • Random Bytes
  • Random Date
  • Random Sequences
• Usage, how to extract random values from array/list

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require hi-folks/rando-php

Usage

Generate Char

Sometimes you want to obtain a random char, for example, a numeric char:

Randomize::char()->numeric()->generate();

Or you might want an alphabetic char:

Randomize::char()->alpha()->generate();

You can even do both!

Randomize::char()->alphanumeric()->generate();

Generate Boolean

Sometimes you want to obtain a random boolean true or false (flip a coin):

$randomBool = Randomize::boolean()->generate();

Generate a Float

Sometimes you want to obtain a random float (default min - max range of 0.0 - 1.0). For example, you want to generate a random temperature for a day:

$randomFloat = Randomize::float()->generate();

Or you can set the min - max range of 0 - 90 , which is equivalent to ->min(0)->max(90)

$randomFloat = Randomize::float()->min(0)->max(90)->generate();

Generate an Integer

Sometimes you want to obtain a random integer (min - max range). For example, you want to roll the dice:

$randomNumber = Randomize::integer()->min(1)->max(6)->generate();

The same thing using range() method, instead of min() and max():

$randomNumber = Randomize::integer()->range(1,6)->generate();

Generate bytes

Sometime you want to obtain some random bytes (hexadecimal). For example, you want to generate a random RGB color (a hex triplet in hexadecimal format):

$randomRGB = Randomize::byte()->length(3)->generate();

Generate a Date

Sometimes you want to obtain a random date (default min - max range of First day of current year - Last day of current year). For example, you want to generate a random date:

$randomDate = Randomize::datetime()->generate();

Or you can set the min - max range of 01-01-2020 - 10-01-2020 , which is equivalent to ->min('01-01-2020')->max('10-01-2020'):

$randomDate = Randomize::datetime()->min('01-01-2020')->max('10-01-2020')->generate();

You can even specify your preferred format for the random date generated, by using ->format('d-M-Y'):

$randomDate = Randomize::datetime()->format('d-M-Y')->generate();

Generate sequences

Sometime you want to obtain some random sequences. For example, you want to roll the dice 15 times:

$randomRolls = Randomize::sequence()->min(1)->max(6)->count(15)->generate();

Sometime you want to obtain some random char sequences. For example, char sequences of length 10:

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->count(10)->generate();

Or you might want numeric char sequences.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->numeric()->count(10)->generate();

Or you might want alphabetical char sequences.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->alpha()->count(10)->generate();

Yes, even both.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->alphanumeric()->count(10)->generate();

Sometime you want to obtain some random sequences with no duplicates. For example, you want to play "Tombola" (extracting number from 1 to 90 with NO duplicates):

$randomTombola = Randomize::sequence()->min(1)->max(90)->count(90)->noDuplicates()->generate();

Sometime you want to obtain some random char sequences with no duplicates.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->count(10)->noDuplicates()->generate();

Or you might want numeric char sequences with no duplicates. For example, char sequences of length 10:

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->numeric()->count(10)->noDuplicates()->generate();

Or you might want alphabetical char sequences with no duplicates.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->alpha()->count(10)->noDuplicates()->generate();

Yes, even both and with no duplicates.

$randomChars = Randomize::sequence()->chars()->alphanumeric()->count(10)->noDuplicates()->generate();

Draw random stuff

If you have a list of values and you want to extract/select/draw one or more elements, you could use Draw class instead of Randomize.

Suggest which JS framework you could use in your next project (random)

$array=["React.js", "Vue.js", "Svelte.js", "Angular.js" , "Alpine.js", "Vanilla js"];
$randomJs = Draw::sample($array)->extract();

Extract 3 JS framework you could use in your next project

$array=["React.js", "Vue.js", "Svelte.js", "Angular.js" , "Alpine.js", "Vanilla js"];
$randomJs = Draw::sample($array)->count(3)->extract();

Extract 3 JS framework (duplicates allowed)

$array = ["React.js", "Vue.js", "Svelte.js", "Angular.js", "Alpine.js", "Vanilla js"];
$randomJs = Draw::sample($array)->count(3)->allowDuplicates()->extract();

Testing

composer test

If you want to see some coverage report you can execute phpunit with coverage-text option:

vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text

Warning ⚠️

Under the hood RandoPHP uses some native PHP functions like:

• array_rand(): PHP Doc for array_rand;
• random_int(): PHP Doc for random_int;
• shuffle(): PHP Doc for shuffle;
• random_bytes(): PHP Doc for random_bytes.

These PHP functions use a pseudo random number generator that is not suitable for cryptographic purposes.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Submit ideas or feature requests or issues

Take a look if your request is already there https://github.com/Hi-Folks/rando-php/issues If it is not present, you can create a new one https://github.com/Hi-Folks/rando-php/issues/new

Credits

• Roberto Butti
• All Contributors
• PHP Package Boilerplate

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.