theodorejb/saml-utils

Utilities to streamline Light Saml usage

v2.0.0 2026-07-06 14:50 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.4
• guzzlehttp/psr7: ^2.12
• litesaml/lightsaml: ^5.0.1

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.95
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.2.3
• phpunit/phpunit: ^13.2

MIT

• Theodore Brown

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-06 14:52 UTC

README

This package provides a few helpful utilities on top of Lite Saml to streamline common tasks.

Install via Composer

composer require theodorejb/saml-utils

Working with metadata

The SamlMetadata class simplifies getting data from Identity Provider metadata. Call SamlMetadata::fromXml($xml) to create an instance from an Entity Descriptor XML string.

The underlying EntityDescriptor object can be accessed via a readonly $entityDescriptor property.

SamlMetadata implements the following methods:

getIdpCertificate()

Returns an X509Certificate instance for the Identity Provider certificate.

getIdpSsoService()

Returns the Redirect or POST SingleSignOnService defined by the Identity Provider for receiving a SAML request to initiate single sign-on.

getIdpLogoutService()

Returns the Redirect or POST SingleLogoutService defined by the Identity Provider.

Utility methods

The SamlUtils class implements the following static utility methods:

getRequestFromGlobals(): MessageContext

Returns an object for the SAML request or response from the global GET/POST data.

getMessageHttpResponse(SamlMessage $message, string $bindingType): ResponseInterface

Returns a PSR-7 Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface instance for sending the SAML message.

sendResponse(ResponseInterface $response): void

Emits a PSR-7 Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface to the client by sending its status line, headers, and body.

createSpMetadata(string $entityId, string $acsPostUrl, string $slsRedirectUrl, X509Certificate $certificate): string

Returns signed Service Provider metadata XML with an HTTP-POST assertion consumer service and HTTP-Redirect single logout service.

validateSignature(SamlMessage $message, X509Certificate $certificate): void

Throws an Exception if the message signature is missing or fails verification with the certificate.

getSubjectNameId(SamlResponse $response): string

Returns the user identity being asserted by the identity provider.

getFirstAttributeStatement(SamlResponse $response): AttributeStatement|null

Returns the first assertion attribute statement if one exists.

getAttributeStatementValue(AttributeStatement $statement, string $name): string

Returns the assertion attribute value for the specified attribute name. Throws an exception if the attribute doesn't exist.

getResponseAttributeValue(SamlResponse $response, string $name): string

Same as getAttributeStatementValue(), but can be used directly from a SamlResponse rather than an AttributeStatement.