service-to/base

Library to convert integers to base62 strings, useful for shortURLs based on ID numbers in a database.

Base

Library to convert integers to base62 strings, useful for shortURLs based on ID numbers in a database., _(*1)

Usage

Install using composer...

composer require "service-to/base"

In a Laravel Controller

Route::get('{shortcode}', function ($shortcode) {
    $base = new ServiceTo\Base();
    return View::make("content")->withArticle(App\Article::find($base->base2int($shortcode)));
});

In plain old PHP

require_once("vendor/autoload.php");
use ServiceTo\Base;

function shorturl($url) {
    $myshortdomain = "http://short.long.urls.3.14159.xyz/";

    $base = new Base();
    $stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO shorturls SET url=?");
    $stmt->bindValue(1, $url, PDO::PARAM_STR);
    $stmt->execute();

    return($myshortdomain . $base->int2base($stmt->lastInsertId()));
}