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

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

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

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 \kotchuprik\short_id\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 424242
2. $shortId->encode(424242) encodes it to 'bLTs'
3. you updated the record for ID 424242 and set short\_id of the record to 'bLTs'

```
$id = $shortId->encode(422424);     // $id will be 'bLTs'

// or with $neededLength = 6
$id = $shortId->encode(422424, 6);  // $id will be 'babMwC'
```

### Searching record in a database

[](#searching-record-in-a-database)

1. when someone requests rLHWfKd
2. $shortId->decode('rLHWfKd') decodes it to 424242
3. you found the record for ID 424242 in an your database

```
$id = $shortId->decode('bLTs');      // $id will be 424242

// or with $neededLength = 6
$id = $shortId->decode('babMwC', 6); // $id will be 424242
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity39

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~321 days

Total

2

Last Release

3697d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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