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vakata/user
===========

A PHP user class

4.4.5(1y ago)25.5k↓83.3%MITPHPPHP >=8.0.0

Since Mar 21Pushed 1y ago2 watchersCompare

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user
====

[](#user)

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A PHP user class.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require vakata/user
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use \vakata\database\DB;
use \vakata\user\UserManagementDatabase;
use \vakata\user\Group;
use \vakata\user\User;

$db = new DB('mysql://root@127.0.0.1/dbname');

$usrm = new UserManagementDatabase($db, [
    'tableUsers'             => 'users',
    'tableProviders'         => 'user_providers',
    'tableGroups'            => 'groups',
    'tablePermissions'       => 'permissions',
    'tableGroupsPermissions' => 'group_permissions',
    'tableUserGroups'        => 'user_groups'
]);

// get a user by ID
$user = $usrm->getUser(1);
// or by a provider
$user = $usrm->getUserByProviderID($provider, $providerID);

// add a group
$group = new Group(1, "Name", ["some", "permissions"]);
$usrm->saveGroup($group);
// add the new group to a user
$user->addGroup($group);
$usrm->saveUser($user);
```

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

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity82

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~53 days

Recently: every ~106 days

Total

63

Last Release

472d ago

Major Versions

1.2.1 → 2.0.02016-07-22

2.1.1 → 3.0.02016-08-12

3.6.2 → 4.0.02020-01-24

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

3.4.0PHP >=7.0.0

4.3.0PHP >=8.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

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

---

Top Contributors

[![vakata](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)](https://github.com/vakata "vakata (70 commits)")

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uservakata

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