README

Introduction

A simple package to generate Nano IDs in Laravel.

What is a Nano ID?

A Nano ID is a URL-friendly, unique string ID.
It is similar to UUIDs, but shorter and more readable.
Nano IDs are 21 characters long by default and can be customized to be longer or shorter.

• Read more on Medium: Nano ID: A Tiny, Secure URL-friendly Unique String ID Generator
• Or on GitHub: Nano ID

Table of Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Testing
• Alternatives (and inspirations)

Features

• A facade to generate Nano IDs
• A helper function to use as alternative to the facade
• Configuration options to customize the defaults for your Nano IDs
  • Prefix
  • Suffix
  • Alphabet
  • Size
  • Random string generator
  • More to come
• Easily extensible with custom validation rules (like uniqueness or swear word checks)

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.0

Installation

composer require fanmade/laravel-nanoid

Usage

use Fanmade\NanoId\Facades\NanoID;

echo NanoID::generate(); // Returns a Nano ID

echo NanoID::generate(length: 10); // Returns a Nano ID with a length of 10

echo NanoID::generate(length: 10, prefix: 'prefix_'); // Returns a Nano ID with a length of 10 and a prefix of 'prefix_'

echo NanoID::generate(suffix: '_suffix'); // Returns a Nano ID with a suffix of '_suffix'

echo NanoID::generate(alphabet: '0123456789'); // Returns a Nano ID only containing numbers

echo nano_id(); // The helper function accepts the same parameters as the generate method

Configuration

Publish the configuration file

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=nanoid-config

Testing

vendor/bin/pest

or

composer test

Alternatives (and inspirations)

• hidehalo/nanoid-php - The original Nano ID package for PHP. This is also used in the background of this package.
• yondifon/laravel-nanoid - More focused on adding the Nano IDs to the models.
• ttbooking/laravel-nanoid - This one has more focus on extending the string helpers.