jenssegers/optimus

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A PHP library that obfuscates internal integer IDs using Knuth's multiplicative hashing, producing reversible obfuscated integers instead of random strings. It includes a CLI 'spark' command to generate the required prime, inverse, and random key values, and integrates easily with Laravel.

Use cases

• hide sequential database ids in urls
• obfuscate integer primary keys in an api
• reversible id obfuscation in php
• alternative to hashids that returns integers
• generate optimus prime and inverse keys
• prevent enumeration of resource ids in laravel

When to choose

• you need fast, reversible integer id obfuscation in PHP
• you want numeric obfuscated ids rather than random strings
• you use Laravel and want a shared Optimus instance via a service provider

When to avoid

• you need cryptographically secure encryption of ids
• you need string-based short hashes like Hashids
• your application is not written in PHP

Facets

library · maturity stable

cryptography serialization developer-tools web-development security developer-tools apis php cli id-obfuscation knuth-hash laravel integer-encoding hashids-alternative

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