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nakroma/cereal
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Random and unique key generation.

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Cereal
======

[](#cereal)

Cereal generates random unique keys, for example as game or license keys.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Nakroma\Cereal;

Cereal::generate();
// Output: B539-F8B7-943B-BAF5-82F6-CCF7-5ACB-B4A2
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

You can pass `Cereal::generate()` a bunch of options in an array, like this:

```
Cereal::generate(['length' => 16, 'uppercase' => false]);
```

These are all the options you can use and their default values:

```
length: 32 // Changes the length of the string
// 16 => D423-3332-2919-D000

delimiter: '-' // Changes the char between each chunk
// '@' => FDB2@4C41@C6DD@0B99@7FBD@ADF5@3345@058E

delimiterSpacing: 4 // Changes the chunk size after before each delimiter
// 8 => EA989521-282013EA-49B8D6CB-90DA28D8

uppercase: true // Changes if the string is upper or lower case
// false => c724-bbb9-b205-0995-d8b8-3d65-0e4d-6c3b

numbers: true // Enables the generation of numbers in the key
// false => VHUX-CDDE-CFFG-NKSC-SDEK-LFWX-OBCW-IOZC

chars: true // Enables the generation of chars in the key
// false => 7222-2371-3276-8402-7594-0803-3961-6800
```

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

[](#installation)

Run `composer require nakroma/cereal`

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 41% 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

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###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3394d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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