the fiish url shortener is a simple, custom, and open source url shortener. It is written in PHP and uses MySQL for the database.
- Simple to use and simple to setup.
- Host a custom url shortener
- Use a custom domain
what do you call a fish with no eyes?
View the demo of this url shortener at https://fii.sh
Examples URLs for you to see:
- PHP >= 5.2
- MySQL
- Apache server with 'mod_rewrite' enabled
- Configure the 'config.php' file (see below)
- Import the 'database.sql' file into a MySQL database
- this will create a single table named 'short_links'
- (Note: you can either use a new or existing database)
- Upload the site files and directories to the root of your 'public' website directory
- Enjoy :)
The 'config.php' file contains all the the necessary configuration settings for the custom url shortener.
Each of the configuration settings are set as CONSTANTS using the php 'DEFINE' function.
| Name | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| DEBUG | bool | true or false |
| SITE_ADDR | string | address of your site, including 'https' |
| SITE_NAME | string | name of your site (e.g. 'fiish') |
| SITE_LOGO | string | location of the logo image |
| Name | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| DB_SERVER | string | server address of MySQL database (e.g 'localhost') |
| DB_USER | string | MySQL account username |
| DB_PASS | string | MySQL account password |
| DB_NAME | string | MySQL database name |
| Name | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| CHARSET | string | the character set the unique url 'codes' will generate from |
| URL_LENGTH | string | the length of the short 'codes' to be generated |
| URL_BASE | string | the actual base of the url that will be returned to the user |
| Name | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| GOOGLE_ANALYTICS | string | Googlage analytics v4 code; may be blank to not use GA |
My hopes for the fiish url shortener is to put some solid time and work into the code. Turning it into a more comprehensive and feature rich url shortener.
Created by: Nick Frostbutter
- My Website: https://frostbutter.com
If you are intrested or want to follow me, you can reach out on twitter @nickfrosty