What is the optimum way of generating gender using faker, having generated a name so that the gender matches the name
return [
'name' => $faker->name,
'email' => $faker->safeEmail,
'username' => $faker->userName,
'phone' => $faker->phoneNumber,
'gender' => $faker->randomElement(['male', 'female']),//the gender does not match the name as it is.
'address' => $faker->address,
'dob' => $faker->date($format = 'Y-m-d', $max = 'now'),
'password' => bcrypt('secret')
];
Looking at the documentation and an issue raised on the their Github issues section, your solution seems to be the best. Some methods allow you to specify the gender for a name so you could do like this:
$gender = $faker->randomElement(['male', 'female']);
return [
'name' => $faker->name($gender),
'email' => $faker->safeEmail,
'username' => $faker->userName,
'phone' => $faker->phoneNumber,
'gender' => $gender,
'address' => $faker->address,
'dob' => $faker->date($format = 'Y-m-d', $max = 'now'),
'password' => bcrypt('secret')
];
Hopefully this fits your requirement.