php-laravelHow do I generate a UUID using Laravel and PHP?
UUID stands for Universally Unique Identifier and is a 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems. In Laravel and PHP, UUIDs can be generated using the Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid
class.
Example code
use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
$uuid = Uuid::uuid4();
echo $uuid->toString();
Output example
d6e3c3d8-e7b3-4caf-8c3f-7bb3b881b863
Code explanation
use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;
- This line imports the Uuid class from theramsey/uuid
package.$uuid = Uuid::uuid4();
- This line generates a version 4 UUID.echo $uuid->toString();
- This line outputs the UUID as a string.
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