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thies/json-web-token
====================

JSON Web Token library written in PHP

v1.0.0(3y ago)03MITPHPPHP ^8.1

Since Dec 17Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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json-web-token
==============

[](#json-web-token)

JSON Web Token library written in PHP

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require thies/json-web-token

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Encoding

[](#encoding)

```
$header = [
    'alg' => 'HS256',
    'typ' => 'JWT',
];

$payload = [
    'sub' => '1234567890',
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'iat' => 1516239022
];

$encodedToken = \JsonWebToken\JWT::encode($header, $payload, 'your-passphrase-or-key');

$encodedToken->get(); // eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.g0nxZDyzNvuhhuPrpwZFNdtGH2q0AQ0jbTdr5g5NMeA
$encodedToken->getHeader(); // eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9
$encodedToken->getPayload(); // eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ
$encodedToken->getSignature(); // g0nxZDyzNvuhhuPrpwZFNdtGH2q0AQ0jbTdr5g5NMeA

echo $encodedToken // eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.g0nxZDyzNvuhhuPrpwZFNdtGH2q0AQ0jbTdr5g5NMeA
```

Decoding
--------

[](#decoding)

```
$jwtToken = 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNTE2MjM5MDIyfQ.g0nxZDyzNvuhhuPrpwZFNdtGH2q0AQ0jbTdr5g5NMeA';

$decodedToken = \JsonWebToken\JWT::decode($jwtToken, 'your-passphrase-or-key');

$decodedToken->getHeader(); // array
$decodedToken->getPayload(); // array
$decodedToken->isValid(); // bool
```

Supported algorithms
--------------------

[](#supported-algorithms)

AlgorithmSupportedHS256✔️HS384✔️HS512✔️PS256❌PS384❌PS512❌RS256✔️RS384✔️RS512✔️ES256❌ES256K❌ES384❌ES512❌EdDSA❌

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1246d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![thies4321](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7131864?v=4)](https://github.com/thies4321 "thies4321 (22 commits)")

---

Tags

jwttoken

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