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apinstein/expiring-hash
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A utililty to easily create crypographically signed URLs for temporary ad-hoc URL access.

v0.0.2(13y ago)1634.4k41MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

Since Feb 12Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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ExpiringHash

Small helper class to create a URL parameter containing a tamper-proof expiration date.

This allows you to implement expiring URLs in the same way that Amazon S3 supports.

```
// create
$eh = new ExpiringHash('my secret');
$hash = $eh->generate("15 minutes");
$url = "http://foo.com/mydownload?hash={$hash}";

// verify
$eh = new ExpiringHash('my secret');
$okToDownload = $eh->validate($_GET['hash']);
```

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4889d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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