TalkPHP - View Single Post - need advice for creating personalized urls

abiko · 02-25-2008, 03:04 PM

You can always md5() or sha1() the string combined with the time of creation.
Here is a SHA1 solution - it generates a 8 char string.
strtoupper is there if you want to have uppercase letters instead lowercase.

PHP Code:


			
<?php

// MD5 generates a 32-bit

// If you want to use 8bit or 

$session_id = sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), true));

$id = substr( $session_id, 0, 8);

$id = strtoupper( $id );

echo $id;

?>

Now you have an identifier for you so you just save it in the table and you're set to go.
if you url is

Code:

http://yoursite.com/watch/C21D36C7/

Your script searches for the ident string (C21D36C7) for the item - your every item has an unique string generated with the snippet above.

So in your database table should look like this
|id | ident |....other | fields

Hope this helpes

02-25-2008, 03:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
abiko The Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Croatia Posts: 90 Thanks: 4	You can always md5() or sha1() the string combined with the time of creation. Here is a SHA1 solution - it generates a 8 char string. strtoupper is there if you want to have uppercase letters instead lowercase. PHP Code: `<?php // MD5 generates a 32-bit // If you want to use 8bit or $session_id = sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), true)); $id = substr( $session_id, 0, 8); $id = strtoupper( $id ); echo $id; ?>` Now you have an identifier for you so you just save it in the table and you're set to go. if you url is Code: http://yoursite.com/watch/C21D36C7/ Your script searches for the ident string (C21D36C7) for the item - your every item has an unique string generated with the snippet above. So in your database table should look like this \|id \| ident \|....other \| fields Hope this helpes __________________ Back from sysadmins to the programmers.