jorenvanhocht/hashify

Quickly create a (database unique) string.

Hashify

This Laravel package makes it easy to generate random strings from a given charset. It can also generate database table and/or column unique strings., _(*1)

Installation

This package can be installed through Composer., _(*2)

composer require jorenvanhocht/hashify

You must register the service provider., _(*3)

// config/app.php
'provider' => [
    ...
    jorenvanhocht\Hashify\Providers\HashifyServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

This package also comes with a facade, which provides an easy way to call the class., _(*4)

// config/app.php
'aliases' => [
    ...
    'Hashify'    => jorenvanhocht\Hashify\Facades\Hashify::class,
    ...
];

You can publish the config file of this package with this command:, _(*5)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="jorenvanhocht\Hashify\HashifyServiceProvider"

The following config file will be published in config/hashify.php, _(*6)

<?php

return [
    'charsets' => [
        'database' => 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw0123456789',
    ],
];

Usage

private $hashify;
public function __construct(Hashify $hashify)
{
    $this->hashify = $hashify;
}

public function myMethod()
{
    // random string
    echo $this->hashify->make($minLength, $maxLength);

    // database unique random string
    echo $this->hashify->make()->unqique('users');
    echo $this->hashify->make()->unqique('users', 'colName');
    echo $this->hashify->make(2, 10)->unqique('users', 'colName');
}

To do

The usage of different char sets., _(*7)

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., _(*8)