Easily start using UUID within your Laravel application, rathern than the default auto incrementing ID.
composer require mykemeynell/laraveluuid
- Add a UUID column into your migration, for example the default "create users" migration.
use ...;
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
{
// Include the UuidColumn trait into your migration class.
// This will give you access to the necessary method to easily
// create the appropriate column.
use \UuidColumn\Concern\UuidColumn;
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table) {
// Calling the createUuidColumn() method will add the column into your migration.
// You can migrate this normally with PHP Artisan.
$this->createUuidColumn($table, 'id);
...
- Add the
HasUUidObservertrait to your Model. For example, on the default User model atapp/User.php.
use ...;
use UuidColumn\Concern\HasUuidObserver;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use ..., HasUuidObserver;
...- You'll need to change the defaults in the model to reflect the new key type and behaviour:
class User extends Authenticatable
{
...
/**
* Indicates if the IDs are auto-incrementing.
*
* @var bool
*/
public $incrementing = false;
/**
* The "type" of the primary key ID.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $keyType = 'string';
...That's it! When new records are created, a new UUID4 string will be set at the ID.