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Consider clarifying which RFCs are supported

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Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
75/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation

Research direction

The issue points to README.md and composer.json files. Start by reading these files to understand the current wording about RFC 7519. Then, look for any existing mentions of JWS (RFC 7515) and JWE (RFC 7516) in the documentation or code comments. The goal is to clarify that the library supports JWT payloads inside a JWS structure but does not support JWE. Edit the README.md and composer.json to explicitly state this, ensuring consistency. Check if there are any example files that might also need updating to avoid confusion.

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Description

type: feature request

Hello!

In the README.md and composer.json the project somewhat vaguely states it's a JWT library that conforms to RFC 7519. To be precise, the project only supports JWT payloads inside a JWS structure (RFC 7515) and there is no support for it's encrypted sibling, the JWE (RFC 7516).

Explicitly stating this would be time saving, because it is not fully clear from the provided examples either. This should also save time from the maintainers, because inquiries such as https://github.com/firebase/php-jwt/issues/359 should go away.

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