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midnight/permissions
====================

Simple permissions system

2.0.0(5y ago)021.4k↑95.2%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/MidnightDesign/midnight-permissions/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0CI failing

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midnight/permissions
====================

[](#midnightpermissions)

ACL and RBAC weren't the permission models I was looking for. So I wrote my own.

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

[](#installation)

Install `midnight/permissions` via Composer.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You need a [Container](https://github.com/php-fig/container) that can provide your `PermissionService`with permissions. In this example, we're going to use `league/container`, but any container implementing `Psr\Container\ContainerInterface` will work.

For brevity, the user and resource are arrays in this example. Most likely, they will be objects any real-world project.

```
class CanDoSomething implements Midnight\Permissions\PermissionInterface
{
    public function isAllowed($user = null, $resource = null): bool {
        return $user === $resource['owner'];
    }
}

$container = new League\Container\Container();
$container->add('can_do_something', CanDoSomething::class);

$permissionService = new Midnight\Permissions\PermissionService($container);

$permissionService->isAllowed('Rudolph', 'can_do_something', ['owner' => 'Rudolph']); // true
$permissionService->isAllowed('Rudolph', 'can_do_something', ['owner' => 'Christoph']); // false
```

Laminas Module
--------------

[](#laminas-module)

There's also a Laminas module that will let you access the `PermissionService` via the Service Manager, add permissions via the config and give you view helpers and controller plugins. It's called [midnight/permissions-module](https://github.com/MidnightDesign/midnight-permissions-module).

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 81% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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 ~515 days

Total

5

Last Release

1846d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02021-06-13

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.5

1.1.0PHP ^7.1

1.2.0PHP ^7.4

2.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

permissionpermissionsaccess-control

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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