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alvan/acl
=========

Another ACL (Access Control List)

08PHP

Since Apr 13Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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About
-----

[](#about)

Another ACL (Access Control List).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
    $acl = new A\Acl;
    $acl->setComparer(new A\Acl\Comparer\Location);
    $acl->setDiscover(new class implements A\Acl\Discover
    {
        /**
         * @param A\Acl $assembly
         * @param mixed $accessor
         * @return A\Acl\Instance|null
         */
        public function discover(A\Acl $assembly, $accessor) : ?A\Acl\Instance
        {
            $instance = null;

            if ($accessor)
            {
                $instance = $assembly->create();

                // Set default roles...
                $instance->extend('guest');

                // Try to retrieve ACL rules from database or other sources by specified accessor ID...
                // And then setup the acl instance...
                // ...
            }

            return $instance;
        }
    });

    $acl->create('admin')
        ->permit('.*')
    ;

    $acl->create('guest')
        ->forbid('.*')
        ->handle('admin/guess', function() : ?int {
            return date('n') % 2;
        })
        ->permit('admin/login')
        ->permit('index')
    ;

    // int(1)
    var_dump($acl->access('admin', 'admin/posts'));

    // int(0)
    var_dump($acl->access('guest', 'admin/posts'));

    // int(1) if the "month" value is an odd number
    var_dump($acl->access('guest', 'admin/guess'));

    // int(1)
    var_dump($acl->access('guest', 'admin/login'));

    // int(1)
    var_dump($acl->access('other', 'index/posts'));
```

###  Health Score

16

—

LowBetter than 5% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity30

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f2dce3fca7a6760b452c0043ef5c2b340eb725ed93f75aaaeef699f1025f1c?d=identicon)[alvan](/maintainers/alvan)

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Top Contributors

[![alvan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2260872?v=4)](https://github.com/alvan "alvan (1 commits)")

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