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gabbro-php/identity
===================

Authentication/Authorisation package that contains an identity library

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Gabbro - Identity Library
=========================

[](#gabbro---identity-library)

The **Identity** library provides an abstraction for representing and working with user identities in a PHP application. It is designed to be minimal, framework-agnostic, and flexible enough to integrate with different authentication or authorization systems.

Overview
--------

[](#overview)

At its core, the library defines the `Identity` interface, which describes the basic shape of an identity object:

- **ID** — A unique numeric identifier for the identity.
- **Name** — A simple, technical name without whitespace (e.g., `admin`, `guest`).
- **Label** — A more human-readable label for display purposes.
- **Roles** — One or more assigned roles that can be checked when making authorization decisions.

Special identities are predefined:

- `ID_PRIVILEGED` → Represents a super user with all privileges.
- `ID_TRANSIENT` → Represents a guest/anonymous user with no privileges.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Clear contract for what an identity must provide (`Identity` interface).
- Built-in handling for privileged and transient users.
- Role management via `hasRole()`, `getRoleList()`.
- Separation of concerns: identities only *describe* users, leaving persistence and authentication to higher layers.

GenericIdentity
---------------

[](#genericidentity)

The library includes a ready-to-use implementation: **`GenericIdentity`**.

`GenericIdentity` is an in-memory, container-style implementation of the `Identity` interface. It allows developers to:

- Manually assign IDs, names, labels, and roles.
- Reset identities back to a transient (guest) state.
- Programmatically manage roles without any database dependency.

This makes it particularly useful for:

- Unit testing and mocking.
- Lightweight applications without complex identity backends.
- Prototyping or temporary/system identities.

### Example

[](#example)

```
use gabbro\identity\GenericIdentity;
use gabbro\identity\Identity;

// Create a privileged identity
$admin = new GenericIdentity(Identity::ID_PRIVILEGED);

var_dump($admin->hasRole("anything")); // true

// Create a normal user identity
$user = new GenericIdentity(42, "jdoe", "John Doe");
$user->addRoles("editor", "contributor");

var_dump($user->getId());        // 42
var_dump($user->getName());      // "jdoe"
var_dump($user->getLabel());     // "John Doe"
var_dump($user->hasRole("editor")); // true
var_dump($user->hasRole("admin"));  // false
```

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

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

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Total

1

Last Release

232d ago

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