PHP URL Shortening Algorithm

Question

Could anyone recommend a preferred algorithm to use for URL shortening? I\'m coding using PHP. Initially I thought about writing something that would start at a character su

Answer 1

Here try this method :

hash_hmac('joaat', "http://www.example.com/long/url/", "secretkey");

It will provide you with hash value fit for a professional url shortener, e.g: '142ecd53'