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nixilla/php-jwt
===============

Json Web Token for PHP

v0.1.1(13y ago)10313.2k↓60.5%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/nixilla/php-jwt/pulls)1BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since May 21Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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JWT Implementation in PHP
=========================

[](#jwt-implementation-in-php)

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Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
{
    "require": {
        "nixilla/php-jwt": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

PHP-JWT
=======

[](#php-jwt)

A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP. Should conform to the [current spec](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-06)

Example
-------

[](#example)

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```

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Run the tests using phpunit:

```
git clone https://github.com/jwmickey/php-jwt.git && \
cd php-jwt && \
mkdir bin && \
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=bin && \
./bin/composer.phar install --dev && \
./bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[3-Clause BSD](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity41

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4792d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![anantn](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/37190?v=4)](https://github.com/anantn "anantn (8 commits)")[![nixilla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/608548?v=4)](https://github.com/nixilla "nixilla (6 commits)")[![jwmickey](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400616?v=4)](https://github.com/jwmickey "jwmickey (1 commits)")[![luciferous](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24509?v=4)](https://github.com/luciferous "luciferous (1 commits)")[![progrium](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/647?v=4)](https://github.com/progrium "progrium (1 commits)")

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Tags

jwt

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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