Generate slugs when saving Eloquent models

This package provides a trait that will generate a unique uuid when saving any Eloquent model.

$model = new EloquentModel();
$model->name = 'activerecord is awesome';
$model->save();
echo $model->uuid; // outputs a uuid

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require alhaji-aki/laravel-uuid

Usage

Your Eloquent models should use the AlhajiAki\LaravelUuid\HasUuid trait.

The trait contains an abstract method getUuidColumn() that you must implement yourself.

Your models' migrations should have a field to save the uuid to.

Here's an example of how to implement the trait:

namespace App;
use AlhajiAki\LaravelUuid\HasUuid;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class YourEloquentModel extends Model
{
    use HasUuid;

    /**
     * Get the column to save the generated uuid to.
     */
    public function getUuidColumn() : string
    {
        return 'uuid';
    }
}

With its migration:

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateYourEloquentModelTable extends Migration
{
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('your_eloquent_models', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('uuid'); // Field name same as what you return in `getUuidColumn`
            $table->string('name');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
}

Using slugs in routes

To use the generated uuid in routes, remember to use Laravel's implicit route model binding:

namespace App;
use AlhajiAki\LaravelUuid\HasUuid;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class YourEloquentModel extends Model
{
    use HasUuid;

    /**
     * Get the column to save the generated uuid to.
     */
    public function getUuidColumn() : string
    {
        return 'uuid';
    }
    /**
     * Get the route key for the model.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getRouteKeyName()
    {
        return 'uuid';
    }
}

Overriding slugs

You can also override the generated slug just by setting it to another value than the generated slug.

$model = EloquentModel::create(['name' => 'my name']); //slug is now "my-name";
$model->slug = 'my-custom-url';
$model->save(); //slug is now "my-custom-url";

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email abdulkudus2922@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

This package is inspired by Spatie Laravel Sluggable.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.