Using vinkla/hashids package in Laravel 5.2 - php

Question

I am using vinkla/hashids and i have followed the following steps
composer require vinkla/hashids
Add the service provider to config/app.php in the providers array
If you want you can use the facade. Add the reference in config/app.php to your aliases array.
php artisan vendor:publish this step does not create hashid.php in config file
use Vinkla\Hashids\Facades\Hashids;
Hashids::encode(4815162342);
And i get error that hashids class not found

Answer 1

It seems that the provider is not booting.
Try to do this:
php artisan config:clear
php artisan clear-compiled
The first will clear any cached config files, and the later will clear the services cache.
It worked for me, hope it works for you too.
I found the solution here: Laravel 5.2 Service provider not booting

Answer 2

Try checking inside your $laravelSite/config Directory to see if you find a file called hashids.php...
In your Controller; try also to import the the Hashids Class manually like so:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Vinkla\Hashids\Facades\Hashids;
class SampleClass extends {
public function testHashID(){
$h1 = Hashids::encode(4815162342);
var_dump($h1);
$h2 = Hashids::decode('oaobgb-rnar');
var_dump($h2);
}
}
And by the way; if you don't see hashids.php within your $laravelSite/config Directory; you may try to manually create it. The file just returns an array of Configuration Settings... the content to the file looks like so:
/*
* This file is part of Laravel Hashids.
*
* (c) Vincent Klaiber <hello#vinkla.com>
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Default Connection Name
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here you may specify which of the connections below you wish to use as
| your default connection for all work. Of course, you may use many
| connections at once using the manager class.
|
*/
'default' => 'main',
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Hashids Connections
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here are each of the connections setup for your application. Example
| configuration has been included, but you may add as many connections as
| you would like.
|
*/
'connections' => [
'main' => [
'salt' => 'your-salt-string',
'length' => 'your-length-integer',
'alphabet' => 'your-alphabet-string',
],
'alternative' => [
'salt' => 'your-salt-string',
'length' => 'your-length-integer',
'alphabet' => 'your-alphabet-string',
],
],
];

Answer 3

To encode just do this
\Hashids::encode($characters)
And to decode
\Hashids::decode($characters)