* A class for implementing a Signature Method
* See section 9 ("Signing Requests") in the spec
abstract class SignatureMethod {
* Needs to return the name of the Signature Method (ie HMAC-SHA1)
abstract public function get_name();
* NOTE: The output of this function MUST NOT be urlencoded.
* the encoding is handled in Request when the final
* @param Request $request
* @param Consumer $consumer
* @param OAuthToken $token
abstract public function build_signature($request, $consumer, $token);
* Verifies that a given signature is correct
* @param Request $request
* @param Consumer $consumer
* @param OAuthToken $token
* @param string $signature
public function check_signature($request, $consumer, $token, $signature) {
$built = $this->build_signature($request, $consumer, $token);
return $built == $signature;