README

This package creates UIDs like the ones Stripe uses for your models or on their own.

Installation

Via Composer

$ composer require alecgarcia/laravel-uid

Usage

To use with a model

1. Add uid column to table

With an existing Model

1. Add a migration

php artisan make:migration --table users add-uid-to-users

1. Open up the migration file you just created and add a uid field.
   1. If you overrode the column name in either the config for the default or in your model, make sure you create the column in your table to match.

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->string('uid', 32)->after('id')->unique();
        });
    }
    
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->dropColumn('uid');
        });
    }

With a new Model

1. Open up the migration file for the model and add a uid field
   1. If you overrode the column name in either the config for the default or in your model, make sure you create the column in your table to match.

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->id();
            $table->string('uid', 32)->unique();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

2. Add the trait to your model

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Alecgarcia\LaravelUid\Traits\Uid;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    use UID;
}

To used statically

<?php

use Alecgarcia\LaravelUid\Uid;

$generatedUid = Uid::make();
// Generated Uid -> "1mVQuIwVrRS9ijwx" // Defaults to no prefix and 16 Characters long

$generatedUid = Uid::make('uid', 12);
// Generated Uid -> "uid_nuv8V6GH"     // Can set the prefix that is used and the length

Customization

Using the trait

You can add the following properties to your model to configure the Uid trait.

• This will override the defaults as well as the config file.

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Alecgarcia\LaravelUid\Traits\Uid;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    use UID;
    
    public static string $uidPrefix = 'usr';  // Defaults to models class name
    public static int $uidLength = 10;        // Defaults to 16 total characters
    public static bool $uidCheck = false;     // Default is true
    public static string $uidColumn = 'uidCustomColumn'; // Default is uid
}

Using the config file for defaults

1. Publish the config file.

$ php artisan vendor:publish --tag laravel-uid.config

1. Customize the defaults in the app/config/laravel-uid.php file.

<?php

return [
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Customize how the uid is created and used
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
    'characters' => '0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',
    'prefix_separator' => '_',
    'uid_column' => 'uid',
    'length' => 16,
    'check' => true,
];

Change log

Please see the changelog for more information on what has changed recently.

Testing

$ php vendor/bin/phpunit

Contributing

Please see contributing.md for details and a todolist.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email hello@alecgarcia.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Alec Garcia
• All Contributors
• Originally influenced by dpods/laravel-uid

License

MIT. Please see the license file for more information.