Create a generator that creates "usernames"

[ovflowd]

It is possible remove diacritics from generated names?

On default username patterns (I use this library to generate random usernames), Spaces, and special characters with diacritics like á é ö should not be included.

Does it is possible to create a Generator for usernames?

[ovflowd]

If possible, I could add a PR.

[nubs]

I would suggest using iconv in your code instead of modifying the generator to not include them, as they can be useful to have in many places. As an example, consider this code:

$generator = \Nubs\RandomNameGenerator\All::create();
$name = iconv('UTF-8', 'US-ASCII//TRANSLIT', $generator->getName());
echo $name;

I'd rather keep the generator simple rather than add configurable options. This is a great case where keeping it simple allows it to be composed with other libraries to get the desired approach.

Thanks for reporting this potential issue and please let me know how you are able to resolve it or if I could be of any further help!

[ovflowd]

Hi @nubs yeah, keeping it simple is great.

But on your README you stated that we can create custom Generators. So I was wondering adding a Generator called UsernameGenerator. (something like that).

This would be really useful, since generating random usernames it's used by many people.

And yes, I know the iconv solution. Only was wondering about something shipped with your library ;)

[nubs]

I definitely would welcome more generators to be added to the collection. If you have a good idea, feel free to propose the details and put together a PR for it - I'd love to see it :)