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ozanhazer/php-htpasswd
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A lightweight - single class - library to read and write htpasswd. You can add or delete users or you can update their passwords...

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PHP-Htpasswd
============

[](#php-htpasswd)

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PHP Htpasswd writer for Apache. You can add or delete users, or update their passwords.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Supports `crypt`, `md5` and `sha1` algorithms
- Locks the htpasswd file to prevent conflicts while writing.
- Throws an error on invalid usernames.
- Unit tested.
- Whole htpasswd file is read into the memory so be careful if you have lots of users (In fact you should consider a different kind of authentication mechanism if you have that many users)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Install: `composer require ozanhazer/php-htpasswd`

```
$htpasswd = new Htpasswd('.htpasswd');
$htpasswd->addUser('ozan', '123456');
$htpasswd->updateUser('ozan', '654321');
$htpasswd->deleteUser('ozan');
```

Apache htpasswd can be encrypted in three ways: crypt (unix only), a modified version of md5 and sha1. You can define the encryption method when you're setting the password:

```
$htpasswd->addUser('ozan', '123456', Htpasswd::ENCTYPE_APR_MD5);
$htpasswd->addUser('ozan', '123456', Htpasswd::ENCTYPE_SHA1);
```

(Yes, you may use different algorithms per user in the same passwd file...)

See [the Apache documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/misc/password_encryptions.html) for encryption details.

Tips
----

[](#tips)

- Do not prefer `ENCTYPE_CRYPT` on Windows servers since it's not available on Windows by default.
- `ENCTYPE_CRYPT` passwords are limited to 8 characters and extra characters will be ignored so the library will trigger a notice if long passwords are provided.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.5% 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

1558d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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