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gozoro/jwt
==========

A simple PHP class to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT), conforming to RFC 7519.

v1.0.0(5y ago)09MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

Since Jul 9Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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JWT
===

[](#jwt)

A simple PHP class to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT), conforming to RFC 7519. Supported algorithms: HS256, HS512, HS384, RS256, RS384, RS512.

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

[](#installation)

```
	composer require gozoro/jwt

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**Encode**

```
$key     = 'my_secret_key';
$tokenId = '12345';
$beginTs = time();
$endTs   = $beginTs + 3600;
$issuer  = 'oauth.example.com';
$subject = 'subject',
$audience= 'audience',

try
{
	$jwt = new \gozoro\jwt\JWT('HS256');
	$jwt->setTokenId($tokenId);
	$jwt->setNotBeforeTime($beginTs);
	$jwt->setExpirationTime($endTs);
	$jwt->setIssuedAtTime($beginTs);
	$jwt->setIssuer($issuer);
	$jwt->setSubject($subject);
	$jwt->setAudience(audience);

	print $jwtstr = \gozoro\jwt\JWT::encode($jwt, $key);
}
catch(\gozoro\jwt\JwtEncodeException $e)
{
	print $e->getMessage();
}
```

or

```
try
{
	$payload = [
		'jti' => $tokenId,
		'nbf' => $beginTs,
		'exp' => $endTs,
		'iat' => $beginTs,
		'iss' => $issuer,
		'sub' => $subject,
		'aud' => $audience,
	];

	$jwt = new \gozoro\jwt\JWT('HS256');
	$jwt->setPayload($payload);

	print $jwtstr = \gozoro\jwt\JWT::encode($jwt, $key);
}
catch(\gozoro\jwt\JwtEncodeException $e)
{
	print $e->getMessage();
}
```

**Decode**

```
try
{
	$jwt = \gozoro\jwt\JWT::decode($jwtstr);

	print $jwt->getTokenId();
	print $jwt->getNotBeforeTimeFormatted('Y-m-d H:i:s');
	print $jwt->getExpirationTimeFormatted('Y-m-d H:i:s');
	print $jwt->getIssuedAtTimeFormatted('Y-m-d H:i:s');
	print $jwt->getIssuer();
	print $jwt->getAudience();

	print_r($jwt->getHeader());
	print_r($jwt->getPayload());
	print $jwt->getSignature();
}
catch(\gozoro\jwt\JwtDecodeException $e)
{
	print $e->getMessage();
}
```

**Validate**

```
try
{
	$key    = 'my_secret_key';
	$leeway = 300;

	if($jwt->validateHeader())
		print 'Header: OK';

	if($jwt->validateSignature($key))
		print 'Signature: OK';

	if($jwt->validateNotBeforeTime($leeway))
		print 'Not Before Time: OK';

	if($jwt->validateExpirationTime($leeway))
		print 'Expiration Time: OK';

	if($jwt->validateTime($leeway)) // $jwt->validateNotBeforeTime($leeway) and $jwt->validateExpirationTime($leeway)
		print 'Time: OK';
}
catch(\gozoro\jwt\JwtValidateException $e)
{
	print $e->getMessage();
}
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2184d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a273abe77cdd4c74270a90320efbeb4d4dfb3ceac5b4d505ce2ccafddf1e06e0?d=identicon)[gozoro](/maintainers/gozoro)

---

Top Contributors

[![gozoro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13768280?v=4)](https://github.com/gozoro "gozoro (18 commits)")

---

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jwtRFC7519jsonwebtoken

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