Laravel UUID generation
<p>I am trying to generate a UUID (not as primary key, just generate one) with the <a href="https://github.com/webpatser/laravel-uuid" rel="noreferrer">laravel-uuid</a> package. The docs are pretty straightforward, so according to the readme file a UUID should be generated just by calling <code>$uuid = Uuid::generate();</code>, but it returns an empty object. (I also tried <code>$uuid = Uuid::generate(1);</code>)</p>

<p>I followed the installation instructions as provided there (nothing out of the ordinary), the app doesn't throw any errors, so I guess everything is right.</p>

<p>Alternative packages for this are also welcome.</p>