Str::ulid() not working

[tanthammar]

There is something wrong with the Illuminate Support symfony/uid requirement.
I had to manually composer require symfony/uid to get Str::ulid() to work.

Originally posted by @tanthammar in #44074 (comment)

Laravel v 9.30.1

Class "Symfony\Component\Uid\Ulid" not found

[huangdijia]

composer r symfony/uid

[tanthammar]

@huangdijia Sorry, I don't understand your comment?

I did manually install the dependency with composer require, but what I want to say is that it should be required by Laravel Framework in order for the Str::ulid() to work properly.

Or, do I misunderstand you?

Also see where I commented in the pr.

[rodrigopedra]

symfony/uid is in the suggests session of illuminate/support's composer.json.

So to use its functionality you should manually install this dependency.

[tanthammar]

@rodrigopedra
Aha, then I get it :)
Thought it was released with in Laravel 9.30.1, as the method Str::ulid() exists.

[rodrigopedra]

No, I actually just saw they have released it after I sent my first answer (now deleted) about the release date.

I didn't think they would have introduced a new public method on a patch release. As I had the same method macro'ed I was keeping an eye on the next minor release to test it out before updating.

The Str::ulid() is already available, and you can use it.

But as some other optional features in the framework, you must install the suggested dependency manually if you plan on using this method. It is an opt-in feature.

This is similar on using S3 storage. All code is available in the framework, but you need to manually install league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3 (which then requires AWS SDK) composer package to use it.

So, to summarize:

• the PR is merged and released
• code for Str::ulid() is released and available to use
• To make use of it you need to opt-in by manually requiring the suggested symfony/uid package

Hope it is clearer now. Sorry for the confusion.

[tanthammar]

Thank you @rodrigopedra
Never came across a "Str" helper before that requires manually installing a package .
Being spoiled by the framework :)

Anyway, it was easy to figure out, and I guess it will be added to the docs that it requires manual installation

[DarkGhostHunter]

Added method to documentation, along with a not to require symfony/ulid so it can work.

laravel/docs#8226

[driesvints]

I sent in a PR to require the package instead to make it easier: #44202