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dotkernel/dot-controller-plugin-authentication
==============================================

DotKernel authentication controller plugin

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dot-controller-plugin-authentication
====================================

[](#dot-controller-plugin-authentication)

Authentication controller plugin.

Caution

Security-Only Maintenance Mode
------------------------------

[](#security-only-maintenance-mode)

This package is considered feature-complete, and is now in **security-only** maintenance mode.

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

[](#installation)

Run the following command

```
$ composer require dotkernel/dot-controller-plugin-authentication
```

This will also install package `dotkernel/dot-controller` and `dotkernel/dot-authentication` as dependencies Enable the module by merging the `ConfiProvider` output to your application's configuration, to register the services defined by this module.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In any controller, you can access this plugin by calling

```
$this->authentication()->...
```

This plugin defines 2 methods you can use in your controllers to check for the currently authenticated identity.

```
$this->authentication()->hasIdentity()
```

Returns a boolean value indicating if there is an authenticated identity or a guest identity

```
$this->authentication()->getIdentity()
```

Returns the current identity as an hydrated object, as defined in the authentication module

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~214 days

Recently: every ~169 days

Total

13

Last Release

787d ago

Major Versions

0.2.1 → 1.0.02018-04-12

1.0.0 → v2.0.02020-01-30

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

v2.0.0PHP ^7.2

2.9.0PHP ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0

2.9.2PHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

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