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semiorbit/serial
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Generate a Serial Number of alphanumeric 16 random chars in PHP.

1.0.3(2y ago)0264MITPHPPHP >=7.4.0

Since Sep 25Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Serial Number Generator in PHP
==============================

[](#serial-number-generator-in-php)

**Semiorbit Serial Number Generator** is a PHP library to create a Serial Number of **alphanumeric 16 random chars**. It is mostly unique, depending on microtime() and mt\_rand() functions converted to BASE 36. (So, it should be 100% unique for one server host as long as server time is accurate and not backward).

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require semiorbit/serial

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

### SerialNumber::Generate

[](#serialnumbergenerate)

Generates an alphanumeric 16 chars Serial Number. Chars could be grouped in 4 seperated segments.

```
SerialNumber::Generate(string $separator = '') : string
```

#### Params

[](#params)

- string **$separator** dash by default
- returns string

```
use SemiorbitSerial\Serial;

echo SerialNumber::Generate();

echo SerialNumber::Generate('-');

// OUTPUT:

// CVPKRIJ48NZS4JRO
// CVPK-RIJ4-8NZS-4JRO
```

### SerialNumber::Format

[](#serialnumberformat)

Returns a formatted Serial Number string width dashes (or selected separator)

```
SerialNumber::Format(string $serial, string $separator = '-'): string
```

#### Params

[](#params-1)

- string **$serial** A Serial Number string to parse
- string **$separator** Dash by default
- returns string **{xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx}**

```
use SemiorbitSerial\Serial;

$serial = '4F93820EFEF290A26489E0AE803A37C0';

echo SerialNumber::Format($serial);

// OUTPUT:
// {4F93820E-FEF2-90A2-6489-E0AE803A37C0}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The Semiorbit Serial Number is an open-source PHP library licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

965d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/48a579e12fae115db84a3e0c6fec0edee9a0c55eaf096ac5556e08ed06eac9ae?d=identicon)[IbrahimKhalil](/maintainers/IbrahimKhalil)

---

Top Contributors

[![IbrahimKhalil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8594928?v=4)](https://github.com/IbrahimKhalil "IbrahimKhalil (4 commits)")

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Tags

serialbase36serial number16 chars alphanumeric

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