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chuyskywalker/phpaes
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PHP AES -- Accurate & Fast AES in PHP

v1.1.0(10y ago)366.1k13[1 issues](https://github.com/chuyskywalker/phpaes/issues)Apache-2.0PHPPHP >=5.3.3

Since May 12Pushed 10y ago7 watchersCompare

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phpaes
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[](#phpaes)

A class for performing AES encryption with mcrypt or openssl. Includes benchmarks, full unit tests, and cross-engine validation.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b365a8f8efdc13747c07fc7edd583fbb4bc36ad46084c447915ef84c6fce6331/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f63687579736b7977616c6b65722f7068706165732e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/chuyskywalker/phpaes)

Originally written as part of a blog entry called [PHP: AES Mcrypt & OpenSSL](http://jrm.cc/posts/php-aes-openssl/)

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.7% 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

Every ~282 days

Total

3

Last Release

3818d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1497ee9f3a104f299047f341071281000ef6f206814eaf2c59be2892c317aa9c?d=identicon)[chuyskywalker](/maintainers/chuyskywalker)

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Top Contributors

[![chuyskywalker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/131800?v=4)](https://github.com/chuyskywalker "chuyskywalker (29 commits)")[![resourcemode](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2774589?v=4)](https://github.com/resourcemode "resourcemode (1 commits)")

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Tags

encryptionaesopensslmcrypt

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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