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This article describes a lightweight way to obfuscate integer IDs in a Laravel application. Instead of UUIDs or complex cryptographic methods, it uses XOR and base_convert — a fast, native PHP method that improves security and URL appearance without affecting database performance.

PhpFluentConsole is a command line library for working with a fluent interface. It provides flexible capabilities for creating and executing command processes, as well as support for various encodings, such as CP866, CP1251, UTF-8 and others, which is especially useful when working with Cyrillic in Windows. The library also includes a system for filtering arguments, as well as capabilities for flexible output parsing using regular expressions.

This article explores common security challenges in configuring web servers, with a focus on Apache, as well as best practices for securing PHP applications when transitioning to a production environment.