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nodge/lightopenid
=================

Lightweight PHP5 library for easy OpenID authentication.

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LightOpenID
===========

[](#lightopenid)

Lightweight PHP5 library for easy OpenID authentication.

- `Version....:` [**1.1.2** ⏬](https://github.com/iignatov/LightOpenID/archive/master.zip)( *see [the change log](http://github.com/iignatov/LightOpenID/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) for details* )
- `Released on:` January 15, 2013
- `Source code:` [Gitorious 🔗](http://gitorious.org/lightopenid) [GitHub ![:octocat:](https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/octocat.png ":octocat:")](http://github.com/iignatov/LightOpenID)
- `Homepage...:`
- `Author.....:` Mewp ()

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

### Sign-on with OpenID in just 2 steps:

[](#sign-on-with-openid-in-just-2-steps)

1. Authentication with the provider:

    ```
    $openid = new LightOpenID('my-host.example.org');

    $openid->identity = 'ID supplied by user';

    header('Location: ' . $openid->authUrl());
    ```
2. Verification:

    ```
    $openid = new LightOpenID('my-host.example.org');

    if ($openid->mode) {
      echo $openid->validate() ? 'Logged in.' : 'Failed!';
    }
    ```

### Support for AX and SREG extensions:

[](#support-for-ax-and-sreg-extensions)

To use the AX and SREG extensions, specify `$openid->required` and/or `$openid->optional`before calling `$openid->authUrl()`. These are arrays, with values being AX schema paths (the 'path' part of the URL). For example:

```
$openid->required = array('namePerson/friendly', 'contact/email');
$openid->optional = array('namePerson/first');
```

Note that if the server supports only SREG or OpenID 1.1, these are automaticaly mapped to SREG names. To get the values use:

```
$openid->getAttributes();
```

For more information see [USAGE.md](http://github.com/iignatov/LightOpenID/blob/master/USAGE.md).

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

[](#requirements)

This library requires PHP >= 5.1.2 with cURL or HTTP/HTTPS stream wrappers enabled.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Easy to use - you can code a functional client in less than ten lines of code.
- Uses cURL if avaiable, PHP-streams otherwise.
- Supports both OpenID 1.1 and 2.0.
- Supports Yadis discovery.
- Supports only stateless/dumb protocol.
- Works with PHP >= 5.
- Generates no errors with `error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT)`.

Links
-----

[](#links)

- [JavaScript OpenID Selector](http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/) - simple user interface that can be used with LightOpenID.
- [HybridAuth](http://hybridauth.sourceforge.net/) - easy to install and use social sign on PHP library, which uses LightOpenID.
- [OpenID Dev Specifications](http://openid.net/developers/specs/) - documentation for the OpenID extensions and related topics.

License
-------

[](#license)

[LightOpenID](http://github.com/iignatov/LightOpenID)is an open source software available under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community26

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.4% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4643d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1094801?v=4)[Maksim Zemskov](/maintainers/Nodge)[@Nodge](https://github.com/Nodge)

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