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Package identity
Short Description Authentication/Authorisation package that contains an identity library
License MIT
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Gabbro - Identity Library
The Identity library provides an abstraction for representing and working with user identities in a PHP application. It is designed to be minimal, framework-agnostic, and flexible enough to integrate with different authentication or authorization systems.
Overview
At its core, the library defines the Identity interface, which describes the basic shape of an identity object:
- ID — A unique numeric identifier for the identity.
- Name — A simple, technical name without whitespace (e.g.,
admin,guest). - Label — A more human-readable label for display purposes.
- Roles — One or more assigned roles that can be checked when making authorization decisions.
Special identities are predefined:
ID_PRIVILEGED→ Represents a super user with all privileges.ID_TRANSIENT→ Represents a guest/anonymous user with no privileges.
Features
- Clear contract for what an identity must provide (
Identityinterface). - Built-in handling for privileged and transient users.
- Role management via
hasRole(),getRoleList(). - Separation of concerns: identities only describe users, leaving persistence and authentication to higher layers.
GenericIdentity
The library includes a ready-to-use implementation: GenericIdentity.
GenericIdentity is an in-memory, container-style implementation of the Identity interface. It allows developers to:
- Manually assign IDs, names, labels, and roles.
- Reset identities back to a transient (guest) state.
- Programmatically manage roles without any database dependency.
This makes it particularly useful for:
- Unit testing and mocking.
- Lightweight applications without complex identity backends.
- Prototyping or temporary/system identities.
