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juststeveking/http-auth-strategies
==================================

A simple PHP package that is used to create different Http Auth Headers

v1.2.0(5y ago)872.4k↓16.7%11MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0

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Http Auth Strategies
====================

[](#http-auth-strategies)

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A simple PHP package that is used to create different Http Auth Headers.

This is a simple to use library, to install - all you need to do is:

```
$ composer require juststeveking/http-auth-strategies
```

Then to use the library all you need to do is:

```
$strategy = new BasicStrategy(
    base64_encode("username:password")
);

// Get the Auth header as an array - passing through the required Authorization prefix
$strategy->getHeader('Bearer');
// ['Authorization' => 'Bearer dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=']
```

There is also a NullStrategy for when you want to follow a consistent pattern, but do not want to actually use any auth:

```
$strategy = new NullStrategy();

// Get the Auth header as an array - passing through the required Authorization prefix
$strategy->getHeader('Bearer');
// []
```

You can now also create your own custom header using the CustomStrategy, for when an API requires something specific that doesn't follow the typical pattern:

```
$strategy = new CustomStrategy(
    'your-api-key'
);

$strategy->setHeaderName('X-API-KEY');

// Get the Auth header as an array - passing through the required Authorization prefix
$strategy->getHeader('Bearer');
// ['X-API-KEY' => 'Bearer your-api-key']
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~23 days

Total

3

Last Release

2035d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.4

v1.1.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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