Comments on: How to shorten and get stats of a URL from bit.ly API using PHP http://www.digimantra.com/technology/php/shorten-stats-url-bitly-api-php/ Technology tips for all Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:56:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guilherme http://www.digimantra.com/technology/php/shorten-stats-url-bitly-api-php/#comment-187534 Guilherme Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:30:44 +0000 http://www.digimantra.com/?p=2301#comment-187534 Great tutorial, thank you so much. I've been trying to place an automatic short link into the pages of a website, but I was using the "file_get_contents" PHP function which is not allowed by security reasons on my host. Now I tried your method with the "CURL" and it works just fine. You might want to update the code, since the bit.ly API service is now working under "api.bitly.com/v3/" Also, if one just wants to get the short link and nothing else, it is easier to request the pure "txt" format from bitly, so you dont even need to build the object. Great tutorial, thank you so much.

I’ve been trying to place an automatic short link into the pages of a website, but I was using the “file_get_contents” PHP function which is not allowed by security reasons on my host.

Now I tried your method with the “CURL” and it works just fine.

You might want to update the code, since the bit.ly API service is now working under “api.bitly.com/v3/”

Also, if one just wants to get the short link and nothing else, it is easier to request the pure “txt” format from bitly, so you dont even need to build the object.

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