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controlabs/password-helper
==========================

Helper to encrypt and verify passwords

v1.0.1(7y ago)024[1 issues](https://github.com/controlabs/php-password-helper/issues)MITPHP

Since Oct 25Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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php-password-helper
===================

[](#php-password-helper)

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Helper to encrypt and verify passwords.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require controlabs/password-helper

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

##### Encrypting password

[](#encrypting-password)

```
use Controlabs\Helper\Password as PasswordHelper;

$helper = new PasswordHelper();

$passwordData = $helper->encrypt($_POST['password']);

$user = new User();
$user->login = 'controlabs';
$user->password = $passwordData->password();
$user->password_salt = $passwordData->salt();
$user->save();
```

##### Verify password

[](#verify-password)

```
use Controlabs\Http\Exception\Unauthorized; // composer require controlabs/http-exceptions (optional)
use Controlabs\Helper\Password as PasswordHelper;

$helper = new PasswordHelper();

$user = User::findByLogin('login', $_POST['login']);

$accept = $user and $helper->verify($user->password, $_POST['password'], $user->password_salt);

if(!$accept) {
    throw new Unauthorized('Invalid login or password.');
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

This software is open source, licensed under the The MIT License (MIT). See [LICENSE](https://github.com/controlabs/php-password-helper/blob/master/LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 61.5% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2758d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43862284?v=4)[Controlabs](/maintainers/controlabs)[@controlabs](https://github.com/controlabs)

---

Top Contributors

[![carlosrodriguesf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16665616?v=4)](https://github.com/carlosrodriguesf "carlosrodriguesf (8 commits)")[![martinusso](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/158559?v=4)](https://github.com/martinusso "martinusso (5 commits)")

---

Tags

encrypthelperpasswordphpverify

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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