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service-to/base
===============

Library to convert integers to base62 strings, useful for shortURLs based on ID numbers in a database.

1.1.1(10y ago)0158MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Sep 30Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Base
====

[](#base)

Library to convert integers to base62 strings, useful for shortURLs based on ID numbers in a database.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Install using composer...

[](#install-using-composer)

```
composer require "service-to/base"

```

### In a Laravel Controller

[](#in-a-laravel-controller)

```
Route::get('{shortcode}', function ($shortcode) {
	$base = new ServiceTo\Base();
	return View::make("content")->withArticle(App\Article::find($base->base2int($shortcode)));
});

```

### In plain old PHP

[](#in-plain-old-php)

```
require_once("vendor/autoload.php");
use ServiceTo\Base;

function shorturl($url) {
	$myshortdomain = "http://short.long.urls.3.14159.xyz/";

	$base = new Base();
	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO shorturls SET url=?");
	$stmt->bindValue(1, $url, PDO::PARAM_STR);
	$stmt->execute();

	return($myshortdomain . $base->int2base($stmt->lastInsertId()));
}

```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~60 days

Total

3

Last Release

3756d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6bf01d00c88c951fe9260577dcbb8d231138c16faf60d0c3d0d2b711ebc730e2?d=identicon)[ServiceTo](/maintainers/ServiceTo)

---

Top Contributors

[![ServiceTo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4366064?v=4)](https://github.com/ServiceTo "ServiceTo (3 commits)")

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Tags

base62

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