Short unique id in php

Question

I want to create a unique id but uniqid() is giving something like \'492607b0ee414\'. What i would like is something similar to what tinyurl gives:

Answer 1

Take a lookt at this article

• Create short IDs with PHP - Like Youtube or TinyURL

It explains how to generate short unique ids from your bdd ids, like youtube does.

Actually, the function in the article is very related to php function base_convert which converts a number from a base to another (but is only up to base 36).