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alexchadwick/laravel-uuid
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Laravel UUID generator, supports version 4 UUIDs

v1.0.0(7y ago)044MITPHPPHP ^7.0

Since Jun 18Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel UUID
============

[](#laravel-uuid)

Laravel package to generate and validate (UUID)s according to RFC 4122 standard.

**Support for version 4 currently only..**

Laravel 5.5 package auto discovery support.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install to your project using composer by running the following command:

```
composer require "alexchadwick/laravel-uuid

```

For Laravel 5.5, after installation you should see:

```
Discovered Package: alexchadwick/laravel-uuid

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

#### To generate UUID

[](#to-generate-uuid)

```
$uuid = (string) Uuid::generate()
```

OR

```
$uuid = Uuid::generate()->string
```

#### To generate specific version of UUID

[](#to-generate-specific-version-of-uuid)

```
//generate UUIDv4
$uuid = (string) Uuid::generate(4)
```

OR

```
//generate UUIDv4
$uuid = Uuid::uuid4(4)
```

### Eloquent model UUID

[](#eloquent-model-uuid)

The built in Trait "HasUuidPrimaryKey", will automatically generate a UUIDv4 and set it on the model's primary key field when creating model.

This will not affect model events since the Trait makes uses Laravel Model's bootTraits() function.

Validation
----------

[](#validation)

Using the Laravel validator, you can now pass the rule name "uuid" to validate UUIDs.

Laravel validator rule example

```
'YOUR-UUID-FIELD' => 'uuid'
```

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

Tests are location in ./test, run phpunit to run built test.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2886d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/263799d4cba05f6c0dc891851849149dfe32b56faf39f61662e85c6eb5b3803b?d=identicon)[alexchadwick](/maintainers/alexchadwick)

---

Top Contributors

[![alexchadwick](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7408103?v=4)](https://github.com/alexchadwick "alexchadwick (5 commits)")

---

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