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mindplay/keypack
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Pack/unpack integer and GUID keys to shorter strings

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mindplay/keypack
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This library packs integer, UUID and GUID keys to shorter strings, e.g. for use in user-facing URLs.

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#### Usage

[](#usage)

Three classes, `IntPacker`, `UUIDPacker` and `GUIDPacker` are provided, each capable of packing/unpacking a particular type of ID. Each class has essentially the same interface, but accepting/returning different types of keys.

Here's an example of packing/unpacking a UUID to a shorter string:

```
$packer = new UUIDPacker();

echo $packer->pack("7eb6de1e-65ef-4fb7-baff-c0732c1c4614"); // => "py6dWN6dgKR8cGVz73zDiT"

echo $packer->unpack("py6dWN6dgKR8cGVz73zDiT"); // => "7eb6de1e-65ef-4fb7-baff-c0732c1c4614"
```

You can pack keys using different notations. The default is `legible`, which produces human-readable and reasonably short keys - [see here for more options](https://github.com/mindplay-dk/nbase).

You can also add redundancy to packed keys, to prevent typos make it harder to guess a packed key.

Here's an example packing an integer key to `base64` with 4 bytes of redundancy:

```
$packer = new IntPacker('base64');

$packer->setRedundancy(4, 'super secret salt');

echo $packer->pack(123456); // => "7yg6HR"

echo $packer->unpack("7yg6HR"); // => (int) 123456
```

Note that `unpack()` will return `null` if the redundancy check fails.

###  Health Score

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Maintenance20

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Popularity10

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Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

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