google url shortenCategory: PHP / MySQL

Google URL Shortening Service PHP Script

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Google’s URL Shortener has been used by Google services like FeedBurner, Google News, Blogger to share links on Twitter. Google didn’t provide a web interface for the service, but third-party sites managed to fill the void.

Now you can go to goo.gl, paste any web address and get a short …

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php pingCategory: PHP / MySQL

Use PHP to Ping Technorati on your blog updates

If you are familiar with blogosphere you know what is Technorati.

Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. You can submit your blog to Technorati and ping their servers when your blog site is updated. when you ping Technorati their web crawlers read the updated information on your …

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securityCategory: PHP / MySQL

How to Create Totally Secure Cookies

Originally Posted at Carsonified.com

Securing cookies and sessions is vital to keeping an application secure. Many tutorials have been written on the subject, but as the internet (and browsers loading it) evolve so do the methods you can use to keep your application secure.

In this article we’re going to …

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