laravel-guid

Simple GUID generator Package for Laravel 4

Installation

Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require Nathanmac/laravel-guid.

"require": {
	"nathanmac/laravel-guid": "dev-master"
}

Next, update Composer from the Terminal:

composer update

Once this operation completes, the final step is to add the service provider. Open app/config/app.php, and add a new item to the providers array.

'Nathanmac\GUID\GUIDServiceProvider'

Generate GUID

echo "GUID: " . GUID::generate(); // GUID: 582B5733-8AE1-79D2-DB8F-5720ECBE4306

Generate GUID with a salt value

echo "GUID: " . GUID::generate('custom salt value'); // GUID: 582B5733-8AE1-79D2-DB8F-5720ECBE4306

Generate GUID with braces

echo "GUID: " . GUID::generate(false, true); // GUID: {582B5733-8AE1-79D2-DB8F-5720ECBE4306}