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pflorek/php-basic-auth
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Provides a simple way to get or set credentials (username, password) on a PSR-7 `RequestInterface`. Also it helps challenging an unauthorized client by adding the 'WWW-authenticate' header line with status code 401 to a PSR-7 `ResponseInterface`.

1.0.1(7y ago)375MITPHP >=5.4

Since Nov 16Compare

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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2739d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13916107?v=4)[Patrick Florek](/maintainers/pflorek)[@pflorek](https://github.com/pflorek)

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Tags

httpresponserequestpsr-7authorizationbasicauthrealmWWW-AuthentocateRFC 7617

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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