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fabio286/php-pwauth
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A pwauth driver in PHP

10PHP

Since Jan 21Pushed 7y agoCompare

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PHP drivers for PAM authentication
==================================

[](#php-drivers-for-pam-authentication)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PAM authentication drivers works by passing username and password to the application **Pwauth**, so this application is required.

It's possible to install this application by running `sudo apt-get install pwauth` or via sources.

Pwauth sources available at:

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Instantiate the `PWAuth` class and invoke the` Authenticate` method, passing it user and password.

```
$pwauth = new PWAuth;
$login = $pwauth->Authenticate('username', 'password');
```

It returns an associative array with user informations.

```
$login['user']    // Username
$login['uid']     // ID
$login['gid']     // Group ID
$login['comment'] // Comment
$login['dir']     // Directory
$login['shell']   // Shell

// GECOS FORMAT FIELDS
$login['name']     // Name
$login['building'] // Buolding
$login['phone']    // Phone
$login['other']    // Other
```

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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