function load_lastnames($limit = 500)
{
if (!DB::schema('mock-data')->hasTable('last_names')) {
DB::schema('mock-data')->create('last_names', function ($table) {
# Define some fields.
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name', 15);
$table->integer('rank');
# Add some indexes.
$table->index('rank');
});
} else {
LastName::truncate();
}
$fp = fopen(get_filename('lastnames.txt'), 'r');
$count = 0;
while (!feof($fp)) {
if ($count > $limit - 1) {
return $count;
} else {
$line = trim(fgets($fp));
if (strlen($line) > 0) {
$row = unpack("A14name/A7freq/A7cumulfreq/A6rank", trim($line));
$lastname = new LastName();
$lastname->name = ucfirst(strtolower(trim($row['name'])));
$lastname->rank = ucfirst(strtolower(trim($row['rank'])));
$lastname->save();
$count++;
} else {
continue;
}
}
}
fclose($fp);
return $count;
}
/**
* Generate a Last Name
*
* Uses US Census data to get $max most popular names for both male and female and selects one at random
*
* Pool is only 250 most frequent last names. Increase by passing a higher value for $max
*
* @param int $max How large should our pool of names be? Default: 250
* @return string Last Name
*/
public function getLastName($max = 250)
{
return LastName::where('rank', '<=', $max)->orderByRaw(Database::random())->first()->name;
}
