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brainstud/has-identifier
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Add a HasIdentifier to the model to take care of generating the identifier

v3.0.0(2mo ago)05.8k—6.2%1PHPPHP ^8.3

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Has Identifier
==============

[](#has-identifier)

Automatically fill the `identifier` of your model by adding the `HasIdentifier` trait.

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

[](#installation)

Require the package

```
composer require brainstud/has-identifier
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the `HasIdentifier` trait to your model.

```
/**
 * @property string $identifier
 */
class Item extends Model
{
    use HasIdentifier;

    protected $fillable = [
        'identifier'
    ];
}
```

The identifier will be filled on creation.

```
$model = Item::create();
echo $model->identifier;
```

### Use a different identifier attribute

[](#use-a-different-identifier-attribute)

The trait will use the `identifier` property of your model to generate an identifier to. You can overwrite the property the trait uses by setting the `identifierAttribute` on your model.

```
/**
 * @property string $identifier
 */
class Item extends Model
{
    use HasIdentifier;

    protected string $identifierAttribute = 'uuid';

    protected $fillable = [
        'uuid'
    ];
}
```

### Find by identifier

[](#find-by-identifier)

There are different ways to get the model by identifier.

```
// Find method
$model = Item::findByIdentifier($uuid);
$model = Item::findOrFailByIdentifier($uuid);

// Scope
$model = Item::identifiedBy($uuid)->first();
```

Test
----

[](#test)

You can run the tests with

```
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

has-identifier is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE)

###  Health Score

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity74

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 57.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**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 ~144 days

Recently: every ~256 days

Total

13

Last Release

78d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.3 → v2.0.02022-02-10

v2.1.0 → v3.0.02026-04-16

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^8.0

v1.0.3PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

v2.0.5PHP ^7.4 || ^8.2

v3.0.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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