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racklin/pkuuids
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Using a UUID as PrimaryKey for laravel 5.3+

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Using a UUID as PrimaryKey for Laravel 5.3+
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[](#using-a-uuid-as-primarykey-for-laravel-53)

PkUuids package use `ramsey/uuid`\[\] (official installed on 5.3+) to generate a UUID\_v4(random) as primary key for `Eloquent Model`.

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Install
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[](#install)

1. Use composer to add the package into your project using `composer require racklin/pkuuids:dev-master`

Migrations
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[](#migrations)

Use a UUID as primary key, we need to change `$table->increments('id');` to `$table->uuid('id')->primary();`

Models
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[](#models)

### Disable auto-increment primary key

[](#disable-auto-increment-primary-key)

Add `$incrementing = false;` to your Models.

### Use Traits

[](#use-traits)

Add `use PkUuuids;` to your Models.

Example:

```