A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP, conforming to RFC 7519.
Use composer to manage your dependencies and download PHP-JWT:
composer require firebase/php-jwt
Optionally, install the paragonie/sodium_compat
package from composer if your
php is < 7.2 or does not have libsodium installed:
composer require paragonie/sodium_compat
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Firebase\JWT\Key;
$key = 'example_key';
$payload = [
'iss' => 'https://example.org',
'aud' => 'https://example.com',
'iat' => 1356999524,
'nbf' => 1357000000
];
/**
* IMPORTANT:
* You must specify supported algorithms for your application. See
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-jose-json-web-algorithms-40
* for a list of spec-compliant algorithms.
*/
$jwt = JWT::encode($payload, $key, 'HS256');
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, new Key($key, 'HS256'));
print_r($decoded);
/*
NOTE: This will now be an object instead of an associative array. To get
an associative array, you will need to cast it as such:
*/
$decoded_array = (array) $decoded;
/**
* You can add a leeway to account for when there is a clock skew times between
* the signing and verifying servers. It is recommended that this leeway should
* not be bigger than a few minutes.
*
* Source: https://self-issued.info/docs/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token.html#nbfDef
*/
JWT::$leeway = 60; // $leeway in seconds
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, new Key($key, 'HS256'));
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Firebase\JWT\Key;
$privateKey = <<<EOD
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
EOD;
$publicKey = <<<EOD
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC8kGa1pSjbSYZVebtTRBLxBz5H
4i2p/llLCrEeQhta5kaQu/RnvuER4W8oDH3+3iuIYW4VQAzyqFpwuzjkDI+17t5t
0tyazyZ8JXw+KgXTxldMPEL95+qVhgXvwtihXC1c5oGbRlEDvDF6Sa53rcFVsYJ4
ehde/zUxo6UvS7UrBQIDAQAB
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOD;
$payload = [
'iss' => 'example.org',
'aud' => 'example.com',
'iat' => 1356999524,
'nbf' => 1357000000
];
$jwt = JWT::encode($payload, $privateKey, 'RS256');
echo "Encode:\n" . print_r($jwt, true) . "\n";
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, new Key($publicKey, 'RS256'));
/*
NOTE: This will now be an object instead of an associative array. To get
an associative array, you will need to cast it as such:
*/
$decoded_array = (array) $decoded;
echo "Decode:\n" . print_r($decoded_array, true) . "\n";
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Firebase\JWT\Key;
// Your passphrase
$passphrase = '[YOUR_PASSPHRASE]';
// Your private key file with passphrase
// Can be generated with "ssh-keygen -t rsa -m pem"
$privateKeyFile = '/path/to/key-with-passphrase.pem';
// Create a private key of type "resource"
$privateKey = openssl_pkey_get_private(
file_get_contents($privateKeyFile),
$passphrase
);
$payload = [
'iss' => 'example.org',
'aud' => 'example.com',
'iat' => 1356999524,
'nbf' => 1357000000
];
$jwt = JWT::encode($payload, $privateKey, 'RS256');
echo "Encode:\n" . print_r($jwt, true) . "\n";
// Get public key from the private key, or pull from from a file.
$publicKey = openssl_pkey_get_details($privateKey)['key'];
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, new Key($publicKey, 'RS256'));
echo "Decode:\n" . print_r((array) $decoded, true) . "\n";
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Firebase\JWT\Key;
// Public and private keys are expected to be Base64 encoded. The last
// non-empty line is used so that keys can be generated with
// sodium_crypto_sign_keypair(). The secret keys generated by other tools may
// need to be adjusted to match the input expected by libsodium.
$keyPair = sodium_crypto_sign_keypair();
$privateKey = base64_encode(sodium_crypto_sign_secretkey($keyPair));
$publicKey = base64_encode(sodium_crypto_sign_publickey($keyPair));
$payload = [
'iss' => 'example.org',
'aud' => 'example.com',
'iat' => 1356999524,
'nbf' => 1357000000
];
$jwt = JWT::encode($payload, $privateKey, 'EdDSA');
echo "Encode:\n" . print_r($jwt, true) . "\n";
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, new Key($publicKey, 'EdDSA'));
echo "Decode:\n" . print_r((array) $decoded, true) . "\n";
use Firebase\JWT\JWK;
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
// Set of keys. The "keys" key is required. For example, the JSON response to
// this endpoint: https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key-jwk
$jwks = ['keys' => []];
// JWK::parseKeySet($jwks) returns an associative array of **kid** to Firebase\JWT\Key
// objects. Pass this as the second parameter to JWT::decode.
JWT::decode($payload, JWK::parseKeySet($jwks));
The CachedKeySet
class can be used to fetch and cache JWKS (JSON Web Key Sets) from a public URI.
This has the following advantages:
- The results are cached for performance.
- If an unrecognized key is requested, the cache is refreshed, to accomodate for key rotation.
- If rate limiting is enabled, the JWKS URI will not make more than 10 requests a second.
use Firebase\JWT\CachedKeySet;
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
// The URI for the JWKS you wish to cache the results from
$jwksUri = 'https://www.gstatic.com/iap/verify/public_key-jwk';
// Create an HTTP client (can be any PSR-7 compatible HTTP client)
$httpClient = new GuzzleHttp\Client();
// Create an HTTP request factory (can be any PSR-17 compatible HTTP request factory)
$httpFactory = new GuzzleHttp\Psr\HttpFactory();
// Create a cache item pool (can be any PSR-6 compatible cache item pool)
$cacheItemPool = Phpfastcache\CacheManager::getInstance('files');
$keySet = new CachedKeySet(
$jwksUri,
$httpClient,
$httpFactory,
$cacheItemPool,
null, // $expiresAfter int seconds to set the JWKS to expire
true // $rateLimit true to enable rate limit of 10 RPS on lookup of invalid keys
);
$jwt = 'eyJhbGci...'; // Some JWT signed by a key from the $jwkUri above
$decoded = JWT::decode($jwt, $keySet);
When a call to JWT::decode
is invalid, it will throw one of the following exceptions:
use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
use Firebase\JWT\SignatureInvalidException;
use Firebase\JWT\BeforeValidException;
use Firebase\JWT\ExpiredException;
use DomainException;
use InvalidArgumentException;
use UnexpectedValueException;
try {
$decoded = JWT::decode($payload, $keys);
} catch (InvalidArgumentException $e) {
// provided key/key-array is empty or malformed.
} catch (DomainException $e) {
// provided algorithm is unsupported OR
// provided key is invalid OR
// unknown error thrown in openSSL or libsodium OR
// libsodium is required but not available.
} catch (SignatureInvalidException $e) {
// provided JWT signature verification failed.
} catch (BeforeValidException $e) {
// provided JWT is trying to be used before "nbf" claim OR
// provided JWT is trying to be used before "iat" claim.
} catch (ExpiredException $e) {
// provided JWT is trying to be used after "exp" claim.
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
// provided JWT is malformed OR
// provided JWT is missing an algorithm / using an unsupported algorithm OR
// provided JWT algorithm does not match provided key OR
// provided key ID in key/key-array is empty or invalid.
}
All exceptions in the Firebase\JWT
namespace extend UnexpectedValueException
, and can be simplified
like this:
try {
$decoded = JWT::decode($payload, $keys);
} catch (LogicException $e) {
// errors having to do with environmental setup or malformed JWT Keys
} catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
// errors having to do with JWT signature and claims
}
The return value of JWT::decode
is the generic PHP object stdClass
. If you'd like to handle with arrays
instead, you can do the following:
// return type is stdClass
$decoded = JWT::decode($payload, $keys);
// cast to array
$decoded = json_decode(json_encode($decoded), true);
Run the tests using phpunit:
$ pear install PHPUnit
$ phpunit --configuration phpunit.xml.dist
PHPUnit 3.7.10 by Sebastian Bergmann.
.....
Time: 0 seconds, Memory: 2.50Mb
OK (5 tests, 5 assertions)
If your private key contains \n
characters, be sure to wrap it in double quotes ""
and not single quotes ''
in order to properly interpret the escaped characters.