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# php-loremipsum [](https://travis-ci.org/joshtronic/php-loremipsum) [](https://coveralls.io/r/joshtronic/php-loremipsum)
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Lorem ipsum generator in PHP without dependencies.
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## Origins
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Once upon a time, I was attempting to find a lorem ipsum generator over on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/search/?q=lorem%20ipsum). I was presented with many options, and some of those options were good. Unfortunately, the bulk of those options depended on Symphony or the Zend Framework. This wouldn’t have been a big deal but under the circumstances, I wanted something that was not tightly coupled to these frameworks because I wanted to use the generator in my _own_ framework.
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I had decided to use [badcow/lorem-ipsum](https://packagist.org/packages/badcow/lorem-ipsum) because it did not have any dependencies nor did it rely on any external APIs. As I started to use the library, I found that I was going to have to fight with it to get it to do what I wanted. After digging through the code, I realized that I was going to end up gutting most of it to bend it to my will. I know when you overhaul someone’s code the liklihood of them accepting a pull request goes down dramatically, hence building this library while taking cues from it’s predecessor.
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Also, the aforementioned package had a bunch of “setter” and “getter” methods that were grossing me out :P
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## Installation
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The preferred installation method is via `composer`. First add the following to your `composer.json`
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```json
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"require": {
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"joshtronic/php-loremipsum": "dev-master"
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}
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```
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Then run `composer update`
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## Usage
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### Getting Started
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```php
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require_once 'joshtronic/LoremIpsum.php';
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$lipsum = new joshtronic\LoremIpsum();
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```
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### Generating Words
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```php
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echo '1 word: ' . $lipsum->word();
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echo '5 words: ' . $lipsum->words(5);
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```
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### Generating sentences
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```php
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echo '1 sentence: ' . $lipsum->sentence();
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echo '5 sentences: ' . $lipsum->sentences(5);
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```
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### Generating paragraphs
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```php
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echo '1 paragraph: ' . $lipsum->paragraph();
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echo '5 paragraphs: ' . $lipsum->paragraphs(5);
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```
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### Wrapping text with HTML tags
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If you would like to wrap the generated text with a tag, pass it as the second parameter:
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```php
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echo $lipsum->paragraphs(3, 'p');
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// Generates: <p>Lorem ipsum...</p><p>...</p><p>...</p>
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```
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Multiple tags can also be specified:
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```php
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echo $lipsum->sentences(3, ['article', 'p']);
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// Generptes: <article><p>...</p></article><article><p>...</p></article><article><p>...</p></article>
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```
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And you can back reference using `$1`:
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```php
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echo $lipsum->words(3, '<li><a href="$1">$1</a></li>');
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// Generates: <li><a href="...">...</a></li><li><a href="...">...</a></li><li><a href="...">...</a></li>
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```
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### Return as an array
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Perhaps you want an array instead of a string:
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```php
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print_r($lipsum->wordsArray(5));
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print_r($lipsum->sentencesArray(5));
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print_r($lipsum->paragraphsArray(5));
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```
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You can still wrap with markup when returning an array:
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```php
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print_r($lipsum->wordsArray(5), 'li');
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```
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## Assumptions
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Instead of having an option as to whether or not a string should start the generated output with “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.” a few assumptions are baked in. The first string generated will always start with the traditional “Lorem ipsum…”. Subsequent strings may contain those words but will not explicitly start with them.
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## Contributing
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Suggestions and bug reports are always welcome, but karma points was earned for pull requests.
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Unit tests are required for all contributions. You can run the test suite from the `tests` directory simply by running `phpunit .`
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