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laravel-shine/jwt
=================

Simple JSON Web Token for PHP

1.0.1(3y ago)0365MITPHPPHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

Since Dec 17Pushed 3y agoCompare

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Simple-PHP-JWT
==============

[](#simple-php-jwt)

Simple JSON Web Token for PHP

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP > 7.0
- OpenSSL

Capabilities
------------

[](#capabilities)

FunctionAlgorithm✅ Sign✅ HS256✅ Verify✅ HS384❎ `iss` check✅ HS512❎ `sub` check✅ RS256❎ `aud` check✅ RS384❎ `exp` check✅ RS512❎ `nbf` check❎ `iat` check❎ `jti` checkBasic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

### encode(array payload, string $key, string $algorithm)

[](#encodearray-payload-string-key-string-algorithm)

```
try {
    $token = JWT::encode(['sub' => '1234567890', 'name' => 'John Smith'], $key256bit, 'HS256');
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    // encode error
}
```

### decode(string $token, string $key)

[](#decodestring-token-string-key)

```
try {
    $payload = JWT::decode($token, $key256bit);
    // $payload->sub == '1234567890'
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    // $e->getCode()
}
```

Exceptions
----------

[](#exceptions)

### decode()

[](#decode)

CodeReason1Invalid token format2Invalid header encoding3Invalid token header4Algorithm not supported5Invalid payload encoding6Invalid signature

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~874 days

Total

2

Last Release

1140d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.0

1.0.1PHP ^7.0 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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