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gamegos/jwt
===========

Json Web Token (JWT) PHP implementation

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PHP JSON Web Token (JWT) Library
================================

[](#php-json-web-token-jwt-library)

JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation based on [draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-25](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-25).

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install gamegos/jws is through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
{
    "require": {
        "gamegos/jwt": "~0.1"
    }
}
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Encoding

```
$key = 'some-secret-for-hmac';
$alg = 'HS256';

$token = new \Gamegos\JWT\Token();
$token->setClaim('sub', 'someone@example.com'); // alternatively you can use $token->setSubject('someone@example.com') method
$token->setClaim('exp', time() + 60*5);

$encoder = new \Gamegos\JWT\Encoder();
$encoder->encode($token, $key, $alg);

printf("JWT TOKEN: %s\n", $token->getJWT()); //eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJzb21lb25lQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNDA4NDUzNzkwfQ.2Fk5-UUMhOAcQH812LL0sdaf29zuf293nLhHp_VKBDg
```

Validation

```
$jwtString = 'eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJzb21lb25lQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNDA4NDUyMzcxfQ.Fy1DLdfZBiR_khyTsghItDW3_1rM7osz_IxjiaiRto0';

$key = 'some-secret-for-hmac';

try {
    $validator = new \Gamegos\JWT\Validator();
    $token = $validator->validate($jwtString, $key);

    print_r($token->getClaims());
    print_r($token->getHeaders());
} catch (\Gamegos\JWT\Exception\JWTException $e) {
    printf("Invalid Token:\n  %s\n", $e->getMessage());
    //$e->getToken();
}
```

See [examples](https://github.com/Gamegos/php-jwt/tree/master/examples) folder for sample code.

Supported Signature Algorithms
------------------------------

[](#supported-signature-algorithms)

This package uses `gamegos/jws` for signing tokens. Currently supported signature and mac algorithms:

- *HS256*, *HS384*, *HS512* (HMAC using SHA-XXX)
- *RS256*, *RS384*, *RS512* (RSASSA-PKCS-v1\_5 using SHA-XXX)

Details can be found [here.](https://github.com/Gamegos/php-jws#algorithms)

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity40

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

Every ~232 days

Total

2

Last Release

4058d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

jwtJWSJSON Web Tokenjson token

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