PHP Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier (ULID)

PHP library to create a ULID unique identifier value

Installation

Release 7.0.0 Requires PHP 8.3

Release 6.0.0 Requires PHP 8.2

Release 5.0.0 Requires PHP 8.1

Release 4.0.0 Requires PHP 7.4

Release 3.0.0 Requires PHP 7.3

Release 2.0.0 Requires PHP 7.2

Release 1.0.0 Requires PHP 7.1

The recommended way to install is through Composer.

composer require not-empty/ulid-php-lib

Usage

Generate an Ulid

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$ulidFromNow = $ulid->generate();
echo $ulidFromNow;

Generate an Ulid from a timestamp

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$ulidFromTime = $ulid->generate(1585083964945);
echo $ulidFromTime;

Validates if is a valid Ulid from a string

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$invalid = $ulid->isValidFormat('1585083964945');
var_dump($invalid)

Recover timestamp from Ulid

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$timeFromUlid = $ulid->getTimeFromUlid('01E48SD97BMWHAW82D229T0C7K');
echo $timeFromUlid;

Recover date from Ulid

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$dateFromUlid = $ulid->getDateFromUlid('01E48SD97BMWHAW82D229T0C7K');
echo $dateFromUlid;

Recover randomness from Ulid

use Ulid\Ulid;
$ulid = new Ulid();
$randomnessFromUlid = $ulid->getRandomnessFromString('01E475VQGHNW990PVHXFDT4C6R');
echo $randomnessFromUlid;

if you want an environment to run or test it, you can build and install dependences like this

docker build --build-arg PHP_VERSION=8.3-rc-cli -t not-empty/ulid-php-lib:php83 -f contrib/Dockerfile .

Access the container

docker run -v ${PWD}/:/var/www/html -it not-empty/ulid-php-lib:php83 bash

Verify if all dependencies is installed

composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist

and run

php sample/ulid-sample.php

Development

Want to contribute? Great!

The project using a simple code. Make a change in your file and be careful with your updates! Any new code will only be accepted with all validations.

To ensure that the entire project is fine:

First you need to building a correct environment to install all dependences

docker build --build-arg PHP_VERSION=8.3-rc-cli -t not-empty/ulid-php-lib:php83 -f contrib/Dockerfile .

Access the container

docker run -v ${PWD}/:/var/www/html -it not-empty/ulid-php-lib:php83 bash

Install all dependences

composer install --dev --prefer-dist

Run all validations

composer check

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