Url Shortener in CodeIgniter
After seeing a response to a thread on Hacker News, I thought I’d have a crack at making a simple little URL shortener with CodeIgniter. I’ve never used the framework before and it was a nice quick little app to implement and get a feel for things. It’s not quite worthy of competing with Bit.ly or Tinyurl.com, there’s no checking for spam urls etc, but if you want to take a look, the source code is available, as is a live demo at lnkd.in.
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About
Dave Marshall is a Software Engineer living near Hull, England. He works on various personal projects and is the Technical Manager at Childcare.co.uk
Dave specialises in web application development for the LAMP stack, but always tries to choose a tool set that is most fit for purpose.
Dave is a Zend Certified Engineer and a Member of the British Computer Soceity.