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kblais/laravel-uuid
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A simple library to use UUIDs as your Eloquent model's primary key.

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[](#laravel-uuid-)

A simple library to use UUIDs as your Eloquent model's primary key.

Why should I use UUIDs ?
------------------------

[](#why-should-i-use-uuids-)

To answer this question, I simply recommend you read [this blog post](https://www.clever-cloud.com/blog/engineering/2015/05/20/why-auto-increment-is-a-terrible-idea/).

OK, I'm convinced now. How do I install this ?
----------------------------------------------

[](#ok-im-convinced-now-how-do-i-install-this-)

Require this package with Composer :

```
composer require kblais/laravel-uuid

```

- the package internally use [ramsey/uuid](https://packagist.org/packages/ramsey/uuid) to generate the UUIDs.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

First, your model's column must be a 36 characters column :

- Laravel v4

```
$table->char('id', 36);
$table->primary('id');
```

- Laravel v5+

```
$table->uuid('id');
$table->primary('id');
```

Then, just add the `Kblais\Uuid\Uuid` trait to your model, and you're done :

```