--- title: Generate Short, URL-Safe IDs From Numbers With Sqids description: Sqids is a PHP library (successor to Hashids) that encodes one or more non-negative integers into short, URL-safe strings and decodes them back. It supports... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/generate-short-url-safe-ids-from-numbers-with-sqids-ybaakjgne twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Generate Short, URL-Safe IDs From Numbers With Sqids | daily.dev og:description: Sqids is a PHP library (successor to Hashids) that encodes one or more non-negative integers into short, URL-safe strings and decodes them back. It supports... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/generate-short-url-safe-ids-from-numbers-with-sqids-ybaakjgne og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yBAakJGNe.png og:image:alt: Generate Short, URL-Safe IDs From Numbers With Sqids og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Generate Short, URL-Safe IDs From Numbers With Sqids **[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 3 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sqids is a PHP library (successor to Hashids) that encodes one or more non-negative integers into short, URL-safe strings and decodes them back. It supports cross-language compatibility across 40+ languages, configurable minimum length for uniform IDs, custom alphabets for per-app scrambling, and a built-in profanity blocklist. Common use cases include hiding sequential database keys in public URLs and packing multiple integers into a single token. Importantly, Sqids is an encoder, not an encryption tool — it should not be used for sensitive data or access control. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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