php-fakerHow can I generate fake birthdays using Laravel Faker?

Using Laravel Faker you can generate fake birthdays with ease. Here is an example code block to generate a fake birthday and the output of that code:

$faker = Faker\Factory::create();
$birthday = $faker->dateTimeBetween('-50 years', 'now');
echo $birthday->format('Y-m-d');

Output example

1990-02-25

The code is composed of the following parts:

1. $faker = Faker\Factory::create(); - This creates a new Faker instance.
2. $birthday = $faker->dateTimeBetween('-50 years', 'now'); - This creates a random datetime object between the range of 50 years ago and now.
3. echo $birthday->format('Y-m-d'); - This prints out the birthday in the format of Y-m-d.

You can also customize the range of the generated birthdays by changing the parameters of dateTimeBetween(). For more information, refer to the Faker documentation.

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