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gerlovsky/php-short-id
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Short ID generator. The library help you generate short id like youtube, vimeo, bit.ly, etc.

1.0(7y ago)222MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since May 28Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Short ID creator
====================

[](#php-short-id-creator)

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The library help you generate short id like youtube, vimeo, bit.ly, etc. Short generation (creation) based on numerical ID.

Simple scenarios of using
-------------------------

[](#simple-scenarios-of-using)

```
require('vendor/autoload.php');

$shortId = new \Gerlovsky\ShortId\ShortId();
```

### Creating short ID for a record from in a database

[](#creating-short-id-for-a-record-from-in-a-database)

1. when an app created a record in an your database with ID 20956
2. $shortId->encode(20956) encodes it to 'bfrE'
3. you updated the record for ID 20956 and set short\_id of the record to 'bfrE'

```
$id = $shortId->encode(20956);     // $id will be 'bfrE'

// or with $length = 6
$id = $shortId->encode(20956, 6);  // $id will be 'baauC6'
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2908d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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