How to programmatically create customers in Magento

Step 1: Define Function

Magento 1

<?php

class MageCheck_Tutorial_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action 
{
    public function indexAction() 
    {
        $this-> createCustomer();
    }
    public function createCustomer()
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Magento 2

/**
* @var \Magento\Customer\Model\Customer $customer
*/
protected $_customer;

public function __construct(
    \Magento\Customer\Model\Customer $customer
){
    $this->_customer = $customer;
}

public function execute()
{
    $this->createCustomer(); 
}

public function createCustomer()  
{
    // ...
}

Step 2: Create Function

Magento 1

public function createCustomer()
{
    $websiteId = Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getId();
    $store = Mage::app()->getStore();

    $_customer = array(
        'firstname' => 'Mage',
        'lastname' => 'Check',
        'email' => 'example@magecheck.com',
        'password' => '123456789',
        'password_hash' => 'b7a9552802ce455e170a1c73a47796e4:6c',
        'add_date' => '2018-11-21',
        'birth_date' => '1980-01-01',
        'gender' => 1, // Male (1) or Female (2)
        'telephone' => '1234567890',
    );

    $customer = \Mage::getModel('customer/customer');
    $customer->setWebsiteId($websiteId)
        ->setStore($store)
        ->setFirstname($_customer['firstname'])
        ->setLastname($_customer['lastname'])
        ->setEmail($_customer['email'])
        ->setPasswordHash($_customer['password'])
        ->setCreatedAt($_customer['add_date'])
        ->setDob($_customer['birth_date'])
         ->setGender($_customer['gender']);
    $customer->save();
}

Magento 2

public function createCustomer()  
{
    $customer = $this->_customer;

    $firstName = 'Mage';
    $lastName = 'Check';
        
    $customer->setEmail('example@magecheck.com');
    $customer->setFirstname($firstName);
    $customer->setLastname($lastName);
    $customer->setPassword('123456789');

    $customer->save();
}

This is the sample way to Programmatically create Customers in Magento!

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Magento How to Programmatically Create Customers

Step 1: Define Function

Magento 1

Magento 2

Step 2: Create Function

Magento 1

Magento 2

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