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jstewmc/create-token
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Create an opaque token

v1.0.0(9y ago)018MITPHPPHP ^7.0

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create-token
============

[](#create-token)

A create-token service.

```
use Jahuty\CreateToken\Create;

(new Create())(8);   // returns something like "12a8b53c"
(new Create())(16);  // returns something like "8ab5dfaef3d2c999"
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

This library uses the [random\_bytes()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.random-bytes.php) PHP function. According to PHP's manual, the function generates cryptographically secure, psuedo-random, opaque tokens suitable for salts, keys, and initialization vectors.

Length
------

[](#length)

Keep in mind, length is important when creating an opaque token. To provide sufficient randomness, a token's length SHOULD equal the length of the hash function's output. For example, a token that's hashed via SHA-256 should be 64 characters long; a token that's hashed via SHA-512 should be 128 characters long; so on and so forth.

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](https://github.com/jstewmc/create-token/blob/master/LICENSE)

Author
------

[](#author)

[Jack Clayton](mailto:clayjs0@gmail.com)

Version
-------

[](#version)

### 1.0.0, August 16, 2016

[](#100-august-16-2016)

- First major release

### 0.1.0, July 28, 2016

[](#010-july-28-2016)

- Initial release

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

3608d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phptokencreatejstewmcopaque

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