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bentools/doctrine-ulid
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ULID (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier) support for Doctrine IDs

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Doctrine ULID generator
=======================

[](#doctrine-ulid-generator)

This small library adds support for [ULID](https://github.com/ulid/spec) in Doctrine.

ULIDs act like UUIDs that can be lexicographically sorted. ULIDs also have a smaller footprint (26 ANSI characters vs. 36 for UUIDs);

This package integrates [robinvdvleuten/ulid](https://github.com/robinvdvleuten/php-ulid) as a `CustomIdGenerator`.

Important

This repository is no longer maintained. Please use `symfony/uid` instead.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require bentools/doctrine-ulid
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Use the provided class as a custom ID generator:

```
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity()
 */
class Foo
{

    /**
     * @var string
     *
     * @ORM\Id()
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="CUSTOM")
     * @ORM\CustomIdGenerator(class="\BenTools\ULIDGenerator")
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=26)
     */
    private $id;

    // ...

}
```

Or use the following trait:

```
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use BenTools\GeneratedULIDTrait;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity()
 */
class Foo
{

    use GeneratedULIDTrait;

    // ...

}
```

If you want to set ULIDs by yourself (this way, they can be generated on the client side), use the `EditableULIDTrait` which will expose a `setId()` method:

```
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use BenTools\EditableULIDTrait;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity()
 * @ORM\HasLifecycleCallbacks()
 */
class Foo
{

    use EditableULIDTrait;

    // ...

}
```

- If `setId()` is not called, an ULID will be automatically generated on persist.
- Don't forget to add a `@HasLifecycleCallbacks()` annotation on top of your entity for this behavior to work properly.

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance43

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~246 days

Total

4

Last Release

1936d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.1PHP >=7.1

1.2PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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