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mykemeynell/laraveluuid
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UUID column functionality for Laravel projects

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Since Jun 10Pushed 5y agoCompare

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UuidColumn
==========

[](#uuidcolumn)

Easily start using UUID within your Laravel application, rathern than the default auto incrementing ID.

Install with Composer
---------------------

[](#install-with-composer)

```
composer require mykemeynell/laraveluuid

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. 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);

      ...

```

2. Add the `HasUUidObserver` trait to your Model. For example, on the default User model at `app/User.php`.

```
use ...;
use UuidColumn\Concern\HasUuidObserver;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use ..., HasUuidObserver;

    ...
```

3. 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.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

Every ~136 days

Total

4

Last Release

2120d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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