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Base-56 Integer Encoding in PHP

By Ross | Published: August 18, 2009
I found myself needing to write a URL-shortening system recently, nothing particularly fancy, just something that would result in URLs similar to those of tinyURL and bit.ly. PHP’s own base64 function is purely for encoding string data to make it “URL safe” and actually results in a longer string. PHP also has a base_convert function, [...]
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DeveLinks – 17-04-2009

By Ross | Published: April 17, 2009
Little bit weak on the links today, but here we go: Prezi – Throw out Powerpoint, this is how your presentations should look How Not To Redesign a Political Website – blog post from Steph highlighting just how similar the new FG site is to the BBC site. Talk about caught with your pants down. [...]
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