Hashids for Laravel 4
This package uses the classes created by hashids.org, (*1)
Generate hashes from numbers, like YouTube or Bitly.
Use hashids when you do not want to expose your database ids to the user., (*2)
Installation
Begin by installing the package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require mitch/hashids., (*3)
php
  "require": {
    "mitch/hashids": "1.x"
  }, (*4)
Next use Composer to update your project from the the Terminal:, (*5)
php
  php composer.phar update, (*6)
Once the package has been installed you'll need to add the service provider. Open your app/config/app.php configuration file, and add a new item to the providers array., (*7)
php
  'Mitch\Hashids\HashidsServiceProvider', (*8)
After doing this you also need to add an alias. In your app/config/app.php file, add this to the aliases array., (*9)
php
  'Hashids' => 'Mitch\Hashids\Hashids', (*10)
Now last but not least you need to publish to package configuration from your Terminal:, (*11)
php
  php artisan config:publish mitch/hashids, (*12)
Usage
Once you've followed all the steps and completed the installation you can use Hashids., (*13)
Encoding
You can simply encrypt on id:, (*14)
php
  Hashids::encode(1); // Creating hash... Ri7Bi, (*15)
or multiple.., (*16)
php
  Hashids::encode(1, 21, 12, 12, 666); // Creating hash... MMtaUpSGhdA, (*17)
Decoding
It's the same thing but the other way around:, (*18)
```php
  Hashids::decode('Ri7Bi');, (*19)
// Returns
  array (size=1)
    0 => int 1
  ```, (*20)
or multiple.., (*21)
```php
  Hashids::decode('MMtaUpSGhdA');, (*22)
// Returns
  array (size=5)
    0 => int 1
    1 => int 21
    2 => int 12
    3 => int 12
    4 => int 666
  ```, (*23)
Injecting Hashids
Now it's also possible to have Hashids injected into your class.
Lets look at this controller as an example.., (*24)
```php
  class ExampleController extends BaseController
  {
      protected $hashids;, (*25)
  public function __construct(Hashids\Hashids $hashids)
  {
      $this->hashids = $hashids;
  }
  public function getIndex()
  {
      $hash = $this->hashids->encode(1);
      return View::make('example.index', compact('hash'));
  }
}
  ```
The original classname and namespace has been bound in the IoC container to return our instantiated Hashids class., (*26)
Using IoC
Create a Hashids instance with the IoC, (*27)
php
  App::make('Hashids\Hashids')->encode(1);, (*28)
That's it!
Documentation about Hashids can be found here., (*29)
Thanks to Ivan Akimov (@ivanakimov) for making Hashids. All credits for the Hashids package go to him., (*30)