title: In Laravel 5.6 there are new UUID Methods, How do I use them?
body: <p>In Laravel 5.6 a couple of new <code>UUID</code> methods were added under this package </p>
  
  <p><code>use Illuminate\Support\Str;</code></p>
  
  <p>If I do something like this: <code>dd(Str::uuid());</code></p>
  
  <p>I get the following output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DegradedUuid {#215 ▼
    #codec: StringCodec {#217 ▼
      -builder: DegradedUuidBuilder {#218 ▼
        -converter: DegradedNumberConverter {#221}
      }
    }
    #fields: array:6 [▼
      "time_low" =&gt; "fbf262eb"
      "time_mid" =&gt; "e1a3"
      "time_hi_and_version" =&gt; "43f4"
      "clock_seq_hi_and_reserved" =&gt; "b1"
      "clock_seq_low" =&gt; "2f"
      "node" =&gt; "7be1b2e7490f"
    ]
    #converter: DegradedNumberConverter {#221}
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've never used UUID before but I am trying to create a test email verification / confirmation authentication. I did a bit of Googling and I thought I was supposed to get a string like this: <code>fbf262eb-e1a3-43f4-b1-2f-7be1b2e7490f</code></p>
  
  <p>And then store it in my DB and go from there. Where am I not understanding this or going wrong with this? </p>
  
  <p>Additionally, I read through this post to try and understand what an UUID is <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/292965/what-is-a-uuid">What is a UUID?</a></p>
  
  <p>But how do I use these new methods?</p>