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naux/jwt-simple
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jwt-simple
==========

[](#jwt-simple)

[JWT(JSON Web Token)](http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-jones-json-web-token.html) encode and decode module for PHP.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer require naux/jwt

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$secret = 'xxx';

$jwt = new \Naux\JWT($secret);
$payload = ['iss' => 1, 'exp' => 1450539234, 'foo' => 'bar'];

// encode
$token = $jwt->encode($payload);

// decode
$decoded = $jwt->decode($token);

var_dump($decoded);
```

### Algorithms

[](#algorithms)

By default the algorithm to encode is `HS256`.

The supported algorithms for encoding and decoding are `ECDSA`, `ES256`, `ES384`, `ES512`, `HMAC`, `HS256`, `HS384`, `HS512`, `PublicKey`, `RS256`, `RS384`, `RS512`, `RSA`.

```
// using HS512
$jwt = new JWT('secret', 'HS512');
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

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 ~1 days

Total

5

Last Release

3790d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/22071ff5935f95277f8b0c794c2f23703e6de307ed0e65e25e7c3a878a45c012?d=identicon)[NauxLiu](/maintainers/NauxLiu)

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Top Contributors

[![nauxliu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9570112?v=4)](https://github.com/nauxliu "nauxliu (12 commits)")

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