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Generate a Reference Number when saving Eloquent models

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\#Laravel Reference Number Trait

Generate a reference number for Invoices, Payment Transactions, Form Submissions, etc

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require stryksta/referencenumber
```

Options
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[](#options)

OptionTypeDefaultDescription`field`string`reference_number`This is used to identify the field the generated reference number will be saved to.`start`integer`0`This is where incrementing will start. When generating a reference number this will always increment by 1. So if you start at 0, your first reference will be 1.`prefix`string`''`This is a string you want added in front of every reference number`suffix`string`''`This is a string you want added to the end of every reference number`padding`integer`''`This will pad the reference number to a specified length. For example, setting padding to 3 will generate 001, 002, 003 and so on.Usage
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[](#usage)

1. Your model should use the `Stryksta\ReferenceNumber\GenerateReferenceNumber` trait
2. You should have a field to save the generated reference number to.

Here's an example of how to implement the trait:

```