Create hasPublicId property on models and use it to determine whether to set a public id

app/Models/AccountGatewaySettings.php

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ class AccountGatewaySettings extends EntityModel
      */
     protected $dates = ['updated_at'];
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected static $hasPublicId = false;
+
     /**
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
      */

app/Models/EntityModel.php

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ class EntityModel extends Eloquent
      * @var bool
      */
     public $timestamps = true;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected static $hasPublicId = true;
+
     /**
      * @var array
      */
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ class EntityModel extends Eloquent
         }
 
 
-        try {
+        if (static::$hasPublicId) {
             $lastEntity = $lastEntity->orderBy('public_id', 'DESC')
                                      ->first();
 
@@ -67,13 +73,6 @@ class EntityModel extends Eloquent
             } else {
                 $entity->public_id = 1;
             }
-        } catch
-        (QueryException $ex) {
-            // Code 42S22 is for an unknown column.
-            // If we get that code, we'll just swallow the error, since apparently this entity doesn't support public_ids.
-            if ($ex->getCode() !== '42S22') {
-                throw $ex;
-            }
         }
 
         return $entity;