Generate Skus when saving Eloquent models

This package provides a trait that will generate a unique Sku when saving any Eloquent model.

$model = new EloquentModel();
$model->name = 'activerecord is awesome';
$model->save();

echo $model->Sku; // ouputs "ACT-7655677"

The Skus are generated with Laravels Str::Sku method, whereby spaces are converted to '-'.

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Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require bernardomacedo/laravel-skuable

Usage

Your Eloquent models should use the Bernardomacedo\Skuable\HasSku trait and the Bernardomacedo\Skuable\SkuOptions class.

The trait contains an abstract method getSkuOptions() that you must implement yourself.

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

<?php

namespace App;

use Bernardomacedo\Skuable\HasSku;
use Bernardomacedo\Skuable\SkuOptions;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class YourEloquentModel extends Model
{
    use HasSku;
    
    /**
     * Get the options for generating the Sku.
     */
    public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
    {
        return SkuOptions::create()
            ->generateSkusFrom('name')
            ->saveSkusTo('Sku');
    }
}

Want to use multiple field as the basis for a Sku? No problem!

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom(['first_name', 'last_name'])
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku');
}

You can also pass a callable to generateSkusFrom.

By default the package will generate unique Skus by appending '-' and a number, to a Sku that already exists.

You can disable this behaviour by calling allowDuplicateSkus.

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->allowDuplicateSkus();
}

You can also put a maximum size limit on the created Sku:

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->SkusShouldBeNoLongerThan(50);
}

You can also use a custom separator by calling usingSeparator

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->usingSeparator('_');
}

To set the language used by Str::Sku you may call usingLanguage

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->usingLanguage('nl');
}

The Sku may be slightly longer than the value specified, due to the suffix which is added to make it unique.

You can also override the generated Sku just by setting it to another value then the generated Sku.

$model = EloquentModel:create(['name' => 'my name']); //Sku is now "my-name"; 
$model->Sku = 'my-custom-url';
$model-save(); //Sku is now "my-custom-url"; 

If you don't want to create the Sku when the model is initially created you can set use the `doNotGenerateSkusOnCreate() function.

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->doNotGenerateSkusOnCreate();
}

Similarly, if you want to prevent the Sku from being updated on model updates, call doNotGenerateSkusOnUpdate().

public function getSkuOptions() : SkuOptions
{
    return SkuOptions::create()
        ->generateSkusFrom('name')
        ->saveSkusTo('Sku')
        ->doNotGenerateSkusOnUpdate();
}

This can be helpful for creating permalinks that don't change until you explicitly want it to.

$model = EloquentModel:create(['name' => 'my name']); //Sku is now "my-name"; 
$model-save();

$model->name = 'changed name';
$model->save(); //Sku stays "my-name"

If you want to explicitly update the Sku on the model you can call generateSku() on your model at any time to make the Sku according to your other options. Don't forget to save() the model to persist the update to your database.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email [email protected] instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

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License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.