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code-pros/password-policy
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Create a password policy and validate strings against it

1.0.0(4y ago)02.2k↓33.3%MITPHPPHP ^7.1 || ^8.0

Since Jun 18Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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README
======

[](#readme)

Create a Password Policy and validate passwords against it.

Useful for when a user is creating/updating their password.

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

[](#installation)

Use Composer to manage your dependencies:

`composer require code-pros/password-policy`

Example
-------

[](#example)

```
/**
 * Setup a password policy
 * This policy is from OWASP's security cheat sheet.  Look it up for good reading!
 *
 * Must match 3/4 of the following
 * - Lowercase character
 * - Uppercase character
 * - Special character
 * - Digit
 * Must match all of the following
 * - between 10 and 128 characters
 * - no consecutive characters more than twice
 */
$childPolicy = \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Builder::create()
        ->addMustRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\Characters\Lowercase(1))
        ->addMustRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\Characters\Uppercase(1))
        ->addMustRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\Characters\Digit(1))
        ->addMustRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\Characters\Special(1))
        ->pctRulesMustPass(75)
        ->build();

$policy = \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Builder::create()
        ->addMustRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\Characters\Length(10, 128))
        ->addMustNotRule(new \CodePros\PasswordPolicy\Rules\ConsecutiveCharacters(3))
        ->mustPassPolicy($childPolicy)
        ->build();

/**
 * Validate a password
 */
$valid = $policy->validate('user supplied password');

/**
 * Get back a list of rules and whether the last validation passed each.
 */
$messages = $policy->getDetailedStatus();

```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

### Development Process

[](#development-process)

1. Make your changes.
2. Test with PHPUnit.

### Build Process

[](#build-process)

1. Choose a new version number according to [semver](http://semver.org/).
2. Summarize your changes in CHANGELOG with the new version number.
3. Create a git tag with the version number.
4. Push the changes and tag.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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

1795d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![JohnWE](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2379622?v=4)](https://github.com/JohnWE "JohnWE (16 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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