Bottelet/DaybydayCRM

// ...
    "require": {
        "php": ">=7.3.9",
        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "^3.112",
        "elasticsearch/elasticsearch": "^6.1",

        // ...
        "ramsey/uuid": "^3.6",
    },
// ...

// Notice that UUID is created not as the primary key, but in addition to auto-increment, as a secondary string field called "external_id"

    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('payments', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('external_id');
            $table->integer('amount');
            // ... other fields
        });
    }
}

// The field "external_id" is filled with Uuid::uuid4() method
// Notice that there is still a field "id" with auto-increment

use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;

class PaymentsController extends Controller
{
    public function addPayment(PaymentRequest $request, Invoice $invoice)
    {
        $payment = Payment::create([
            'external_id' => Uuid::uuid4()->toString(),
            'amount' => $request->amount * 100,
            'payment_date' => Carbon::parse($request->payment_date),
            'payment_source' => $request->source,
            'description' => $request->description,
            'invoice_id' => $invoice->id
        ]);
    }
}

// Example from another Controller, where "external_id" is used in the same way
// Also take a look at how the record is queried "whereExternalId", it's a short way for ->where('external_id', ...)

use Ramsey\Uuid\Uuid;

class ProjectsController extends Controller
{
    public function store(StoreProjectRequest $request) 
    {
        if ($request->client_external_id) {
            $client = Client::whereExternalId($request->client_external_id);
        }

        $project = Project::create(
            [
                'title' => $request->title,
                'description' => clean($request->description),
                'user_assigned_id' => $request->user_assigned_id,
                'deadline' => Carbon::parse($request->deadline),
                'status_id' => $request->status_id,
                'user_created_id' => auth()->id(),
                'external_id' => Uuid::uuid4()->toString(),
                'client_id' => $client ? $client->id : null,
            ]
        );

        $insertedExternalId = $project->external_id;

        Session()->flash('flash_message', __('Project successfully added'));
        event(new \App\Events\ProjectAction($project, self::CREATED));

        return response()->json(['project_external_id' => $project->external_id]);
    }
}