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revenuewire/jwt
===============

handle JWT token and validation

v2.2.1(8y ago)16.1k↓42.9%Apache-2.0PHP

Since Apr 7Pushed 8y ago7 watchersCompare

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JWT
===

[](#jwt)

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### JWT Token

[](#jwt-token)

```
require_once ("vendor/autoload.php");

$jwt = new \RW\JWT\Token();
$jwt->setIssuer('carambola')
    ->setAudience('jackfruit')
    ->setSecret("super-01-secret")
    ->setPayload(array("hello" => "world"))
    ->setExpiry(5);
$token = $jwt->getToken();
echo $token . "\n";
```

### JWT Validation

[](#jwt-validation)

```
$validator = \RW\JWT\Token::init($token);
$payload = $validator->setSecret("super-01-secret")
                ->validate()
                ->getPayload();
print_r($payload);
```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

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 ~23 days

Recently: every ~42 days

Total

15

Last Release

3000d ago

Major Versions

v1.04 → v2.0.02017-09-05

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![cosmostail](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2172362?v=4)](https://github.com/cosmostail "cosmostail (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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