Create unique GUID with PHP

In this blog post, I am going to write about my little PHP package for creating globally unique identifiers (GUID).

Begin with installation via Composer:

composer require sudiptpa/guid

I was inspired mainly to create this package while I was searching for GUID information in the php.net official PHP website. I found a good solution by a community member Dave Pearson, view source code here.

I was looking a solution for Laravel, so I created this package as reusable for everyone as an opensource package.

 Usage

In order to consume this package from Laravel application, register the package service provider within your config/app.phpfile.

'providers' => [
    Sujip\Guid\GuidServiceProvider::class,
]

'aliases' => [
   'Guid' => 'Sujip\Guid\Guid'
]

If your Laravel application is running with v5.5 and higher version, this package also has support for package auto-discovery, Laravel will automatically register its service providers and facades when it is installed, creating a convenient installation experience for you.

If you are a Laravel Developer:

Make use of Laravel Facade:

echo "GUID: " . Guid::create(); //example output : 2b23924f-0eaa-4133-848e-7ce1edeca8c9

 or use a helper function guid()

echo "GUID: " . guid(); // example output: 2b23924f-0eaa-4133-848e-7ce1edeca8c9

 If you want to use this package outside of the framework.

use Sujip\Guid\Guid;


$guid = new Guid;

$guid = $guid->create();

Output

//Example: 2b23924f-0eaa-4133-848e-7ce1edeca8c9

Conclusion

This package is framework agnostic, which means it can be used in any type of PHP projects.

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Happy Coding!