Create an Is.Gd URL Using PHP

Is.Gd is a URL-shortening service much like TinyURL. Using PHP's cURL library, you can create shortened URLs on the fly with ease.


The PHP
//gets the data from a URL 
function get_isgd_url($url) 
{ 
//get content
$ch = curl_init(); 
$timeout = 5; 
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL,'http://is.gd/api.php?longurl='.$url); 
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,1); 
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT,$timeout); 
$content = curl_exec($ch); 
curl_close($ch);

//return the data
return $content; 
}

//uage
$new_url = get_isgd_url('https://davidwalsh.name/php-imdb-information-grabber');
"is.gd" is much shorter than "tinyurl.com" so if you need the URL to be as short as possible, use this method.