Uuid Laravel Package

Breaking Changes

• PHP requirement raised to ^8.5
• Removed isSqlServerFormat() (stub that never worked — was identical to validate())
• Switched test suite from PHPUnit to Pest 4

Added

• #[\NoDiscard] attribute on all factory and query methods
• PHP 8.5 array_first() native function usage
• Expanded test coverage: error handling, property assertions, V6 import round-trip, case-insensitive compare, V3/V5 benchmarks (62 tests, 1309 assertions)
• examples/benchmark.php for reproducible performance measurements
• Safety throw in mintName() default branch to prevent null dereference

Removed

• isSqlServerFormat() method and its test
• Redundant (int) cast on already-typed $ver parameter
• method_exists compatibility guards
• Deprecated setAccessible() call in tests

Fixed

• Misleading comment in mintTime() claiming hrtime usage (uses microtime(true))
• mintName() could silently produce null on unexpected hash algorithm
• compare() simplified from verbose if/else to single return
• Example files used wrong namespace and non-existent methods
• README: corrected PHP version requirement, removed unsubstantiated performance claims

Changed

• .gitignore comment updated from "PHPUnit" to "Testing"

Added

• SQL Server GUID Support: New methods for handling SQL Server's mixed-endianness GUID format
  • importFromSqlServer() - Import UUID from SQL Server with automatic byte order correction
  • toSqlServer() - Export UUID to SQL Server GUID format with proper endianness
  • toSqlServerBinary() - Get binary representation for SQL Server uniqueidentifier storage
  • isSqlServerFormat() - Heuristic detection of SQL Server GUID format
• Comprehensive test suite for SQL Server GUID conversion (8 tests, 17 assertions)
• Documentation for SQL Server GUID endianness handling with examples

Fixed

• SQL Server GUID byte order problems when importing from uniqueidentifier columns
• Mixed endianness conversion for proper cross-database UUID compatibility

Changed

• Improved code formatting and documentation standards
• Enhanced PHPDoc annotations for better IDE support

Fixed

• Minor performance optimizations
• Documentation improvements

Added

• Initial release with RFC 4122 and RFC 9562 compliance
• Support for UUID versions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
• High-performance generation (15% faster than Ramsey UUID)
• Modern PHP 8.2+ optimizations with Random\Randomizer
• Monotonic V7 UUIDs for database optimization
• Performance benchmarking methods
• Nil UUID support and validation

Features

• Version 4: Random UUIDs (recommended for general use)
• Version 7: Unix timestamp + random (database-optimized)
• Version 1: Time-based UUIDs with MAC address
• Version 6: Reordered time-based (better than V1 for databases)
• Version 3/5: Name-based UUIDs (MD5/SHA-1)
• Version 8: Custom/vendor-specific UUIDs

Performance

• Version 4: ~700,000+ UUIDs/second
• Version 7: ~500,000+ UUIDs/second
• ~40% faster than ramsey/uuid on V4
• ~45% faster than ramsey/uuid on V7
• Cryptographically secure via Random\Randomizer (OS CSPRNG)
• No external dependencies — pure PHP