Quick short URL PHP function

Date: 27 08, 2010 | Section: Open Technologies | Topics: API, PHP, Short url

function shortURL($long)
{
 $short=file_get_contents("http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=".$long);
 return $short;
}

Usage:

1 2	$short = shortURL("http://veryveryveryverylongurl.tld/something/verylong.php"); echo $short;

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