Shorten URLs using Bit.ly API (PHP)
Written by Saran on July 9, 2013, Updated July 9, 2014PHP
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function bitly_url_shorten($long_url, $access_token, $domain)
{
$url = 'https://api-ssl.bitly.com/v3/shorten?access_token='.$access_token.'&longUrl='.urlencode($long_url).'&domain='.$domain;
try {
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 4);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
$output = json_decode(curl_exec($ch));
} catch (Exception $e) {
}
if(isset($output)){return $output->data->url;}
}Usage
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//bitly_url_shorten(Long URL, Access Token, Bitly Short Domain);
echo bitly_url_shorten($share_url, 'woeuroeurow2394732947ewdslkfjweiusdfsj', 'j.mp');
