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This package is based on mtvs's eloquent-hashids package.

Eloquent-Sqids

This adds sqids to Laravel Eloquent models by encoding/decoding them on the fly rather than persisting them in the database. So no need for another database column and also higher performance by using primary keys in queries.

Features include:

• Generating sqids for models
• Resloving sqids to models
• Ability to customize sqid settings for each model
• Route binding with sqids (optional)

Installation

Install the package with Composer:

$ composer require eriksulymosi/eloquent-sqids

Also, publish the vendor config files to your application (necessary for the dependencies):

$ php artisan vendor:publish

Setup

Base features are provided by using HasSqid trait then route binding with sqids can be added by using SqidRouting.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\HasSqid;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\SqidRouting;

Class Item extends Model
{
	use HasSqid, SqidRouting;
}

Usage

Basics

// Generating the model sqid based on its key
$item->sqid();

// Equivalent to the above but with the attribute style
$item->sqid;

// Finding a model based on the provided sqid or
// returning null on failure
Item::findBySqid($sqid);

// Finding a model based on the provided sqid or
// throwing a ModelNotFoundException on failure
Item::findBySqidOrFail($sqid);

// Decoding a sqid to its equivalent id 
$item->sqidToId($sqid);

// Encoding an id to its equivalent sqid
$item->idToSqid($id);

// Getting the name of the sqid connection
$item->getSqidsConnection();

Add the sqid to the serialized model

Set it as default:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\HasSqid;

class Item extends Model
{
    use HasSqid;
    
    /**
     * The accessors to append to the model's array form.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $appends = ['sqid'];
}

or specify it specificly:

return $item->append('sqid')->toJson();

Implicit Route Bindings

If you want to resolve implicit route bindings for the model using its hahsid value you can use SqidRouting in the model.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\HasSqid;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\SqidRouting;

class Item extends Model
{
    use HasSqid, SqidRouting;
}

It overwrites getRouteKeyName(), getRouteKey() and resolveRouteBindingQuery() to use the sqids as the route keys.

It supports the Laravel's feature for customizing the key for specific routes.

Route::get('/items/{item:slug}', function (Item $item) {
    return $item;
});

Customizing The Default Route Key Name

If you want to by default resolve the implicit route bindings using another field you can overwrite getRouteKeyName() to return the field's name to the resolving process and getRouteKey() to return its value in your links.

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\HasSqid;
use ErikSulymosi\EloquentSqids\SqidRouting;

class Item extends Model
{
    use HasSqid, SqidRouting;

    public function getRouteKeyName()
    {
        return 'slug';
    }

    public function getRouteKey()
    {
        return $this->slug;
    }
}

You'll still be able to specify the sqid for specific routes.

Route::get('/items/{item:sqid}', function (Item $item) {
    return $item;
});

Supporting The Other Laravel's Implicit Route Binding Features

When using SqidRouting you'll still be able to use softdeletable and child route bindings.

Route::get('/items/{item}', function (Item $item) {
    return $item;
})->withTrashed();

Route::get('/user/{user}/items/{item}', function (User $user, Item $item) {
    return $item;
})->scopeBindings();