Tuning the uniqueness suffix

Slugs are unique by default. On a collision, the package appends a counter starting at 1 (for example this-is-an-example, this-is-an-example-1, this-is-an-example-2). Two builder methods change how that suffix is generated. They live on SlugOptions and are not available through the attribute.

##Starting the counter at a different number

startSlugSuffixFrom() sets the first numeric suffix used on a collision.

SlugOptions::create()
    ->generateSlugsFrom('name')
    ->saveSlugsTo('slug')
    ->startSlugSuffixFrom(2);

##Always append a suffix, even on the first record

useSuffixOnFirstOccurrence() adds a suffix even when the slug would otherwise be unique. Instead of this-is-an-example, this-is-an-example-1, you get this-is-an-example-1, this-is-an-example-2.

SlugOptions::create()
    ->generateSlugsFrom('name')
    ->saveSlugsTo('slug')
    ->useSuffixOnFirstOccurrence();

For a non-numeric or otherwise custom suffix, use the trait's usingSuffixGenerator(). See A custom suffix generator.