I've setup the database, changed the config file accordingly. I put the files in a subdirectory and removed Rewritebase from the .htaccess file.

I am using Wordpress and trying to spit out the url within an input value using this:
<input id="fe_text" onChange="clip.setText(this.value)" type="text" value="javascript:(function(){document.location='http://chrisburton.me/shorten?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)}());" />

It seems to just be outputting the javascript instead.

What license is this code released under?

From @rodneyrehm:

if you want people to use your shortener while running PHP via fcgi(d) you should remove exit/die(). They're killing processes…

• indexes(!)
• default values for shorter inserts (e.g. NOW())
• inno-db for higher concurrency
• ctime TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP (date is a reserved keyword and thus a bad choice)

http://twitter.com/rodneyrehm/status/11855979834507264
http://twitter.com/rodneyrehm/status/11876141098868738

The while loop on index.php seem superfluous. It will run exactly one time if I've got it right, it is already established that there is at least one row to return. And if there by accident would have been 2 or more the loop terminates when the code hits die() in the redirect function.

Thanks for the great but simple script 😄 @mathiasbynens!
I've been using it since 2012 and have migrated it from server to server over the years.

My most recent install was on a LEMP stack and I'd like to share my current rewrite config for other users.

Use this in your server {} block:

location /shorten {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /shorten.php?$args;
}

location / {
  rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?slug=$1 last;
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}

Cheers!

I followed the instructions and updated the config file. but when I try to launch the URL, it still redirects to https://mathiasbynens.be/. I even tried accessing localhost/shortner/index.php but result is still the same.

how can I fix this?

I've this domain http://url.com I want it to be a url-shortener but also functional at the same time, so people could still access the root domain. Is it possible if I install the script on sub-directory but the shortener use the root url? So the link wouldn't become like http://url.com/mths/aaa but still http://url.com/aaa

I've tried to put the script on root directory with these settings :

define('SHORT_URL', 'http://url.com/'); // include the trailing slash!
define('DEFAULT_URL', 'http://url.com'); // omit the trailing slash!

those make the site inaccessible Safari told something like "it's too many redirect so Safari can't open the site", I've made change to :

define('SHORT_URL', 'http://url.com/'); // include the trailing slash!
define('DEFAULT_URL', 'http://another.url'); // omit the trailing slash!

those still not working too resulted 404 Not Found

I just make the fresh install of the script just to test it out http://url.com/mths
I've the prompt like this:

javascript:(function(){var%20q=prompt('URL:');if(q){document.location='http://url.com/mths/shorten?url='+encodeURIComponent(q)}}());

I've tried the url on the prompt with or without sub directory, it still result 404 Not Found

I hope this make sense, could you help?