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dakujem/sqids-legacy-backport
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Backport of sqids/sqids for PHP 7.4 and PHP 8.0

0.5.0(7mo ago)024MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0CI passing

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Sqids (backport for legacy PHP)
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[](#sqids-backport-for-legacy-php)

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> 💿 `composer require dakujem/sqids-legacy-backport`

This is a trivial backport of the original package [sqids/sqids](https://github.com/sqids/sqids-php)for **PHP 7.4** and **PHP 8.0** only.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Please refer to the documentation of the original package: 👉 [sqids/sqids](https://github.com/sqids/sqids-php) 👈

Migration to PHP 8.1+
---------------------

[](#migration-to-php-81)

After updating your project to a version supported by the original `sqids/sqids`, change your project requirement from `dakujem/sqids-legacy-backport` to `sqids/sqids`.
That should be it.

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

This backport is based on [the same tag](https://github.com/sqids/sqids-php/tags) of `sqids/sqids`it is released under.
PHP 8 features (most notably constructor property promotion) have been removed or replaced.

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance64

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

222d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![vinkla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/499192?v=4)](https://github.com/vinkla "vinkla (25 commits)")[![4kimov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56128128?v=4)](https://github.com/4kimov "4kimov (24 commits)")[![dakujem](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/443067?v=4)](https://github.com/dakujem "dakujem (11 commits)")[![GromNaN](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400034?v=4)](https://github.com/GromNaN "GromNaN (8 commits)")

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Tags

encodedecodeidshashidsgeneratesqidsphp74backport

###  Code Quality

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