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fkulakov/uuid
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Generate a UUID according to the RFC 4122 standard. Only support for version 5 UUID are built-in.

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Uuid Generator
==============

[](#uuid-generator)

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Class to generate a universally unique identifier (UUID) according to the RFC 4122 standard. Only support for version 5 UUIDs are built-in.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require fkulakov/uuid dev-master
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For a repeatable generate a UUID from some *$source* string use source() method:

```
Uuid::source($source)->generate();
```

For unrepeatable generate a random UUID use random() method:

```
Uuid::random()->generate();
```

For change namespace use setNamespace() method:

```
Uuid::random()->setNamespace($namespace)->generate();
```

```
Uuid::source($source)->setNamespace($namespace)->generate();
```

```
Uuid::random()->setNamespace($namespace)->generate();
```

*NAMESPACE\_DNS* is used by default.

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

The UUID specification: .

###  Health Score

19

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LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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