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henryeticom/php-jwt
===================

A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP

1.0(3y ago)014MITPHPPHP ^7.1||^8.0

Since Feb 20Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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A SIMPLE PHP JWT PACKAGE
========================

[](#a-simple-php-jwt-package)

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

[](#installation)

Require this package with composer:

```
composer require henryeticom/php-jwt

```

Create JWT (Basic):
-------------------

[](#create-jwt-basic)

```
use HenryEticom\PHPJWT\JWT;

$secret = 'your-secret-key';

$headers = array(
    'alg' => 'ES256',
    'typ' => 'JWT'
);

$payload = array(
    'sub'       => 1,
    'name'      => 'Test',
    'exp' => (time() + (60 * 60))
);

$jwt = JWT::encode($headers, $payload, $secret);

var_dump($jwt);
```

Decode JWT (Basic):
-------------------

[](#decode-jwt-basic)

```
use HenryEticom\PHPJWT\JWT;

$jwt = 'response-from-encode';

$secret = 'your-secret-key';

$decode = JWT::decode($jwt, $secret);

var_dump($decode);
```

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

1229d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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