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bart/licensee
=============

Simple PHP class for license generation and verification based on openssl signatures

v1.0.0(12y ago)22535MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since May 11Pushed 12y ago2 watchersCompare

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Licensee
========

[](#licensee)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cfa787bbae91e0ccafffb347a6d3ce6773bf6cb5ae5e1524c238fb2af35bf5e8/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f626172742f6c6963656e7365652f762f737461626c652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/bart/licensee) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8e49ebf585859ec4d75697482c6333fa33bff2efcc02158a611762eb68930492/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f626172742f6c6963656e7365652f6c6963656e73652e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/bart/licensee)[![ProjectStatus](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dc2b5f42a5370f017c8c8def26616e85503674c0de241f14cc412ab29a85540e/687474703a2f2f7374696c6c6d61696e7461696e65642e636f6d2f626172742f6c6963656e7365652e706e67)](http://stillmaintained.com/bart/licensee)

A simple PHP class for license generation and verification based on openssl signatures

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using the Licensee class is as easy as pie, because it follows the PSR-0 namespace standard.

1. Add `"bart/licensee":"dev-master"` to your `composer.json` `require-dev`
2. Run `composer update`
3. Enjoy!

> **Note:** If you developing with the amazing [Laravel 4 framework](http://www.laravel.com), you can add an alias: 'License' => 'Bart\\Licensee\\License'

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

```
createLicense($data, $private_key_path, [$license_path])
storeLicense($license_path)
validateLicense($license_path, $public_key_path)
getDataAndValidateLicense($license_path, $public_key_path)
createKeypair([$private_key_path], [$public_key_path])

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
$lic = new License();

// The array we want to create a license from
$data = array(
  'licensee' => 'Company name',
  'version' => '1.0',
  'valid_until' => time() + 60*60*24,
  'key' => sha1(uniqid(true))
);

// Create a new public and private key
$lic::createKeypair('/tmp/private.pem', '/tmp/public.pem');

// Create the license
$lic->createLicense($data, '/tmp/private.pem', '/tmp/license.lic');

// Validate the license and get the data back
$valid_data = $lic->getDataAndValidateLicense('/tmp/license.lic', '/tmp/public.pem');

```

License
-------

[](#license)

The Licensee package is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4387d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d61306f91e18e357adc1eab181fdf6a8fd7d28cec97fca2420951d086a2cfff?d=identicon)[bart](/maintainers/bart)

---

Top Contributors

[![bart](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5200235?v=4)](https://github.com/bart "bart (4 commits)")

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Tags

licensesignatureopenssl

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