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50onred/php-jwt
===============

A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP. Should conform to the current spec.

1.0.3(11y ago)062BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Aug 28Pushed 11y ago3 watchersCompare

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PHP-JWT
=======

[](#php-jwt)

A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP. Should conform to the [current spec](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-06)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Use composer to manage your dependencies and download PHP-JWT:

```
composer require firebase/php-jwt
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```

```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Run the tests using phpunit:

```
$ pear install PHPUnit
$ phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml.dist
PHPUnit 3.7.10 by Sebastian Bergmann.
.....
Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 2.50Mb
OK (5 tests, 5 assertions)
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[3-Clause BSD](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~46 days

Total

4

Last Release

4141d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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