/**
* @param object|array $payload PHP object or array
* @param string $key The secret key
* @param string $algo The signing algorithm
*
* @return string A JWT
*/
public static function encode($payload, $key, $type, $algo = 'HS256')
{
$header = array('typ' => 'JWT', 'alg' => $algo);
$segments = array();
$tmp_str = implode(',', $payload);
$segments[] = JWT::urlsafeB64Encode(JWT::jsonEncode($header));
if ($type) {
$segments[] = JWT::urlsafeB64Encode_parse(JWT::jsonEncode($payload));
} else {
$segments[] = JWT::urlsafeB64Encode(JWT::jsonEncode($payload));
}
$signing_input = implode('.', $segments);
$signature = JWT::sign($signing_input, $key, $algo);
$segments[] = JWT::urlsafeB64Encode($signature);
return implode('.', $segments);
}
