v2.8

What's Changed

• Retry makeUnique until unique username found by @timothyasp in #63
• Apply fixes from StyleCI by @samueljtaylor in #64
• v2.8 by @samueljtaylor in #65

New Contributors

• @timothyasp made their first contribution in #63

Full Changelog: 2.7.0...2.8.0

CHANGELOG

v2.7

Changed

• FindSimilarUsernames no longer needs a usernameColumn property in the parent model if the column is different than 'username' and the config file is not directly changed.

Added

• Missing types for some properties.
• Driver and HandlesConfig contracts.
• getDriver() method in Generator class.

v2.6.2 - Security Fix

[Fixed]

• Possible SQL injection vulnerability, see #54
• Bug where findSimilarUsernames would return an incorrect number of similarities when using the REGEXP function with a separator.

[Changed]

• prefer_regexp config option by default is now false

v2.6.1

• Added support for PHP 8.1
• Set minimum PHP version to 7.4

v2.6

This release addresses issues relating to other character sets. See the readme for a full change log.

v2.5.1

Fixes issue where dictionary nouns and adjectives were not being respected

v2.5

• Added maximum length check.
• Added ability for pre-filled usernames to go through generate process to allow for consistent username styles.
• Added checking for similar usernames using REGEXP or LIKE (LIKE is a fallback if REGEXP fails).
• Added a check if a username is unique as is before checking for similar ones.
• Added checkMinLength and checkMaxLength hooks on base driver.
• Updated composer.json to support PHP 7.2 and above
• Updated readme for better Laravel 8+ quickstart

v2.4

• This is a minor change but if you're using older versions of Laravel you may need to update your config file.
• Changed default User model from App\User to App\Models\User to mirror new Laravel versions (8.0+).
• Moved the adjective and noun word lists from the config file to a separate file, making the published config smaller and allowing you to create your own word lists if you wish.

Bug Fix

Fixed bug in #25 where a model using the GeneratesUsernames without the specified column would throw an error rather than return a random username

Bug Fix

Bug fix that was preventing username generation on unique usernames, using the FindSimilarUsernames trait when the username had found nothing similar.

As per #23