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emileperron/universal-identifier
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Provides an universal\_identifier function, which generates a unique sha256 identifier for a provided object or array.

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PHP universal identifiers
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[](#php-universal-identifiers)

Generate unique identifiers for your PHP primitives, arrays and objects
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[](#generate-unique-identifiers-for-your-php-primitives-arrays-and-objects)

This tiny composer package provides a `universal_identifier()` global function, which can be used to generate sha256 identifiers for values and arrays/objects.

These identifiers can be used to easily compare configurations both in code and in database queries, without having to manually sort and compare every items and sub-items inside an array or an object.

Getting started
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[](#getting-started)

To get started, simply require the package via Composer:

```
composer require emileperron/universal-identifier

```

Once that's done, you can start using the `universal_identifier` function in your project. Here's a very brief overview of the library's usage and functionalities:

**Usage with primitives:**

```