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About the Plug-in

URL Shortener Plugin creates short URL addresses using is.gd API for ExpressionEngine.

Installation

Download URL Shortener Plugin and unzip the package into your ExpressionEngine plug-ins folder.

Below is the actual code if you want to have a quick look.

<?php
/*
=========================================================
=	Author: 					Cem Meric						=
=								http://webunder.com.au		=
=========================================================
=	File: 						pi.url_shortener.php				=
=-------------------------------------------------------------------=
=	Compatibility (tested):		ExpressionEngine 1.6.7				=
=-------------------------------------------------------------------=
=	Purpose: 					Creates short url addresses using 	=
=								is.gd API					=
=-------------------------------------------------------------------=
=	Version History:											=
= 						1.0.0 - 07 July 2009					=
= 								plugin first built				=
=========================================================
*/


$plugin_info = array(
						'pi_name'			=> 'URL_Shortener',
						'pi_version'		=> '1.0',
						'pi_author'			=> 'Cem Meric',
						'pi_author_url'		=> 'http://webunder.com.au',
						'pi_description'	=> 'Creates short url addresses using is.gd API',
						'pi_usage'			=>	URL_Shortener::usage()
					);


class URL_Shortener {

    var $return_data = "";


	
    /** ----------------------------------------
    /**  Constructor
    /** ----------------------------------------*/

    function URL_Shortener()
    {
		global $TMPL;

		$url		= $TMPL->tagdata;
		$preview    = $TMPL->fetch_param('preview');	

		
		$url = str_replace('&#47;', '/', $url);		


		$urlShort = "http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=" . $url;		
		
		
		$urlShort = file_get_contents($urlShort); 
		
		
		if ($preview == 'true') 
		{ 
		
		$this->return_data = $urlShort  . "-";
		
		} else {
		
		$this->return_data = $urlShort;

		}		
			
    }

	/* FUNCTION END */

// ----------------------------------------
//  Plugin Usage
// ----------------------------------------

// This function describes how the plugin is used.
// Make sure and use output buffering

function usage()
{
ob_start(); 
?>

Examples:

{exp:url_shortener}http://expressionengine.com/{/exp:url_shortener}

Result: http://is.gd/1oTO5




{exp:url_shortener preview="true"}http://expressionengine.com/{/exp:url_shortener}

Result: http://is.gd/1oTO5-



<?php
$buffer = ob_get_contents();
	
ob_end_clean(); 

return $buffer;
}
/* END */


}
// END CLASS
?>

Examples

ExpressionEngine tag

{exp:url_shortener}http://expressionengine.com/{/exp:url_shortener}

Output

Result: http://is.gd/1oTO5

License

Dynamic Select Plugin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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Cem Meric

Cem runs a creative web design and development studio called Webunder, specialising in ExpressionEngine CMS and he is an active member of the ExpressionEngine forums.

When he's not working, he enjoys being a hero with friends.

 

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