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Elegant, fast ObjectId generator for Laravel models — with automatic ID assignment, migration macro, and helper function.

Laravel ObjectId brings the power and efficiency of MongoDB-style ObjectIds to your Eloquent models — with no database dependency.

It’s a drop-in, ultra-fast unique ID system that fits seamlessly into Laravel’s model lifecycle.

With this package, you can:

Automatically assign 24-character hex ObjectIds to your models.

Use $table->objectId() directly in your migrations.

Generate IDs anywhere using the global objectid() helper.

Enjoy compact, sortable, timestamp-encoded identifiers — 3× faster than UUIDs.

Built for performance, readability, and developer happiness.

Perfect for:

Large-scale Laravel apps

Multi-database systems

UUID/ULID replacements

Caching and indexing optimization

Installation

composer require wooserv/laravel-objectid

This package is auto-discovered by Laravel. No manual provider registration needed.

Usage

1. Model

use WooServ\LaravelObjectId\Concerns\HasObjectIds;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model
{
    use HasObjectIds;
}

Now every new record gets a unique ObjectId automatically:

$post = Post::create(['name' => 'Hello World']);
echo $post->id; // e.g. 6730b6a0d8a28f890b7c9f40

2. Migration Macro

The service provider automatically adds a new macro to the schema builder:

Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->objectId(); // Creates string(24) primary key
    $table->string('name');
    $table->timestamps();
});

Optionally:

$table->objectId('uuid', false); // custom column, not primary

3. Helper Function

$id = objectid(); // returns 24-char hex ObjectId string

Why Laravel ObjectId?

Feature	ObjectId	UUID	ULID
Sortable	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes
Length	24 chars	36 chars	26 chars
Contains Timestamp	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes
Index Friendly	✅ Yes	⚠️ Larger Indexes	✅ Yes
Collision Chance	🔒 Extremely Low	🔒 Very Low	🔒 Very Low

Testing

composer test

Runs a full PHPUnit suite using an in-memory SQLite database.

⚡️ Benchmark Results

All benchmarks were executed on PHP 8.4 using in-memory SQLite and 10000 iterations per test on a local machine.

ObjectId Generation Speed

Laravel ObjectId Benchmark (10000 iterations)
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ObjectId             : 0.412 µs per ID
objectid() helper    : 0.417 µs per ID
UUID                 : 1.283 µs per ID
ULID                 : 1.147 µs per ID
----------------------------------------------------------
Fastest: ObjectId

Result: ObjectId is roughly 3× faster than UUID and ~2.7× faster than ULID.

Database Insert Performance

Database Insert Benchmark (1000 inserts)
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ObjectId   : 14.78 ms total (0.015 ms/insert)
UUID       : 15.48 ms total (0.015 ms/insert)
ULID       : 15.17 ms total (0.015 ms/insert)
----------------------------------------------------------

Result: Real-world insert performance is effectively identical across ID types, but ObjectId maintains slightly lower overhead during generation and indexing.

Summary

Metric	ObjectId	UUID	ULID
Generation Speed	🥇 Fastest	⚪ Slow	⚪ Medium
Insert Speed	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast	⚡ Very Fast
Length	24 chars	36 chars	26 chars
Sortable	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes
DB Index Size	🔹 Small	🔸 Large	🔹 Small
Human Readable	⚪ Hex	⚪ Hyphenated	⚪ Base32
Timestamp Embedded	✅ Yes	❌ No	✅ Yes

Conclusion: Laravel ObjectId provides faster generation, compact indexes, and timestamp-friendly IDs — ideal for large-scale Laravel applications.

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