Uniquely identified models for Laravel 4

Uniquely uses UUIDv4 as primary key for Laravel 4 Eloquent models. It automatically generates the UUID when your model is saved. Uniquely overwrites the save() method instead of attaching to Eloquent's creating event in order to circumvent some problems in combination with unit testing.

Installation

To install Uniquely run

$ composer require lukaskorl/uniquely

You can specify 1.* to include the most current version including possible future bugfixes.

Manual installation

If you choose to install Uniquely manually add the following line to your composer.json:

"require": {
    "lukaskorl/uniquely": "1.*"
}

and run

$ composer update

to install the package.

Usage

To use a Uniquely model simply extend your model class from Lukaskorl\Uniquely\Model.

<?php

use Lukaskorl\Uniquely\Model;

class User extends Model {

}

Proper database migrations

The id field of the corresponding database table for your model should be a 36-char string (i.e. VARCHAR(36)). If you are using Laravel 4 migrations you will have to set your id field like so:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;

class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {

	public function up()
	{
		Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
		{
			$table->string('id', 36);
			// ... other columns ...
			$table->timestamps();
		});

        Schema::table('users', function(Blueprint $table)
        {
            $table->primary('id');
        });
	}


	/**
	 * Reverse the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function down()
	{
		Schema::drop('users');
	}
}

License

Uniquely is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.