Laravel UUID

Trait for generating UUID primary keys for Laravel version 5.6 and higher.

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require konstantinkoslow/laravel-uuid

Usage

Laravel Migrations

To let a Model make use of UUIDs as primary key, you have to add a UUID field in your migration file and set this as primary key:

Schema::create('table_name', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->uuid('id');
    $table->primary('id');

    // or

    $table->char('key', 36)->primary();
});

Eloquent will also assume that each table has a primary key column named id. You may define a protected $primaryKey property to override this convention.

For example:

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class ModelName extends Model
{
    protected $primaryKey = 'key';
}

Read more Laravel - Eloquent Model Conventions.

Eloquent Model

Bind the traid with the use operator into the Model that uses UUIDs as primary key:

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use KonstantinKoslow\LaravelUuid\UsesUuid;

class ModelName extends Model
{
    use UsesUuid;
}

License

Laravel UUID is licensed under the MIT license.