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vakata/authentication
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PHP authentication library

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Since Mar 21Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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authentication
==============

[](#authentication)

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PHP authentication.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require vakata/authentication
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$auth = new \vakata\authentication\PasswordDatabase($db);
try {
    $token = $auth->authenticate([
        'username' => $req->getPost('username'),
        'password' => $req->getPost('password')
    ]);
} catch (AuthenticationException $e) {
    // process exception
}
// work with $token
```

Read more in the [API docs](docs/README.md)

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [vakata](https://github.com/vakata)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

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 ~58 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

57

Last Release

467d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02016-08-12

2.6.1 → 3.0.02019-07-05

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)[Ivan Bozhanov](/maintainers/vakata)[@vakata](https://github.com/vakata)

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Top Contributors

[![vakata](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)](https://github.com/vakata "vakata (72 commits)")

---

Tags

Authenticationvakata

###  Code Quality

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