kotchuprik/php-short-id

Yet another Short ID generator. The library help you generate short id like youtube, vimeo, bit.ly, etc.

PHP Short ID creator

The library help you generate short id like youtube, vimeo, bit.ly, etc. Short generation (creation) based on numerical ID., _(*1)

Simple scenarios of using

require('vendor/autoload.php');

$shortId = new \kotchuprik\short_id\ShortId();

Creating short ID for a record from in a database

1. when an app created a record in an your database with ID 424242
2. $shortId->encode(424242) encodes it to 'bLTs'
3. you updated the record for ID 424242 and set short_id of the record to 'bLTs'

$id = $shortId->encode(422424);     // $id will be 'bLTs'

// or with $neededLength = 6
$id = $shortId->encode(422424, 6);  // $id will be 'babMwC'

Searching record in a database

1. when someone requests rLHWfKd
2. $shortId->decode('rLHWfKd') decodes it to 424242
3. you found the record for ID 424242 in an your database

$id = $shortId->decode('bLTs');      // $id will be 424242

// or with $neededLength = 6
$id = $shortId->decode('babMwC', 6); // $id will be 424242