PHP short hash like URL-shortening websites

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TinyURL doesn’t hash anything, it uses Base 36 integers (or even base 62, using lower and uppercase letters) to indicate which record to visit.

Base 36 to Integer:

intval($str, 36);

Integer to Base 36:

base_convert($val, 10, 36);

So then, instead of redirecting to a route like /url/1234 it becomes /url/ax instead. This gives you a whole lot more use than a hash will, as there will be no collisions. With this you can easily check if a url exists and return the proper, existing, ID in base 36 without the user knowing that it was already in the database.

Don’t hash, use other bases for this kind of thing. (It’s faster and can be made collision-proof.)

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