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vakata/jwt
==========

JWT token handling

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JWT
===

[](#jwt)

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JWT token handling.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require vakata/jwt
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$token = new \vakata\jwt\JWT();
$token
    ->setClaim("key", "value")
    ->setExpiration("+30 days")
    ->setIssuer("System")
    ->sign("secretKey");

$stringified = (string)$token;
$parsed = \vakata\jwt\JWT::fromString($stringified);
var_dump($parsed->isValid()); // true
var_dump($parsed->isSigned()); // true
var_dump($parsed->verifyHash("secretKey")); // true
var_dump($parsed->getClaim("key")); // "value"
```

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

36

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity75

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 ~296 days

Recently: every ~683 days

Total

11

Last Release

802d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02016-03-07

1.1.0 → 3.0.02016-08-13

3.0.4 → 4.0.02024-02-28

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

4.0.0PHP >=8.0.0

### 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 (21 commits)")

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