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Create bit.ly url

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  1. //Create bit.ly url 
  2. function bitly()
  3. {
  4. 	$url = get_permalink();  //get wordpress' permalink
  5. 	$login = 'user';	//use your bit.ly login
  6. 	$apikey = 'yourbitlyapikey'; //use your bit.ly apikey
  7. 	$format = 'json';	//or xml
  8. 	$version = '2.0.1';
  9.  
  10. 	//create the URL
  11. 	$bitly = 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten?version='.$version.'&longUrl='.urlencode($url).'&login='.$login.'&apiKey='.$apikey.'&format='.$format;
  12.  
  13. 	//get the url
  14. 	$response = file_get_contents($bitly);
  15.  
  16. 	//parse depending on desired format
  17. 	if(strtolower($format) == 'json')
  18. 	{
  19. 		$json = @json_decode($response,true);
  20. 		echo $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'];
  21. 	}
  22. 	else //xml
  23. 	{
  24. 		$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
  25. 		echo 'http://bit.ly/'.$xml->results->nodeKeyVal->hash;
  26. 	}
  27. }
  28.  
  29. // Example of use (must be inside the loop)
  30. <a href="<?php bitly(); ?>">the shortlink</a>

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