phalcon/cphalcon · error · MalformedJwtString

Invalid JWT string (dots misalignment)

Error message

Invalid JWT string (dots misalignment)

What it means

Error "Invalid JWT string (dots misalignment)" thrown in phalcon/cphalcon.

Source

Thrown at phalcon/Encryption/Security/JWT/Token/Parser.zep:161

        return new Signature(decoded, encodedSignature);
    }

    /**
     * Splits the token to its three parts;
     *
     * @param string $token
     *
     * @return array
     */
    private function parseToken( string token) -> array
    {
        var parts;

        let parts = explode(".", token);

        if count(parts) !== 3 {
            throw new MalformedJwtString();
        }

        return parts;
    }

}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phalcon/Encryption/Security/JWT/Token/Parser.zep:161 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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