function shurly_next_url in ShURLy 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 8 shurly.module \shurly_next_url()
2. 6 shurly.module \shurly_next_url()

Return next available short URL

2 calls to shurly_next_url()

shurly_create_form_validate in ./shurly.module

Validation of the main form

shurly_shorten in ./shurly.module

API function to shorten a URL @arg $long_url - the long URL to shorten @arg $custom - optional custom short URL

File

./shurly.module, line 1017

description http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7qoonzTCE

Code

function shurly_next_url() {
  $count = variable_get('shurly_counter', 3249);

  // starts the URLs with 3 characters
  do {
    $count++;

    // counter is stored as base 10
    // $index is a-z, A-Z, 0-9, sorted randomly, with confusing characters (01lIO) removed - 57 characters
    // a custom index can be created as a variable override in settings.php
    $index = variable_get('shurly_index', 'kZ4oJ3Uwi5STqcpGNxfYgMQAdPWmsenh78XB26uLbEaRDzKrHVj9CyFtv');
    $str = shurly_dec2any($count, NULL, $index);

    // check that this string hasn't been used already
    // check that the string is a valid (available) path
  } while (shurly_url_exists($str) !== FALSE || shurly_path_available($str) === FALSE);
  variable_set('shurly_counter', $count);
  return $str;
}