php bitly api

gistfile1.php

function make_bitly_url($url, $login, $appkey, $format='xml', $history=1, $version='2.0.1')
{
	//create the URL
	$bitly = 'http://api.bit.ly/shorten';
	$param = 'version='.$version.'&longUrl='.urlencode($url).'&login='
		.$login.'&apiKey='.$appkey.'&format='.$format.'&history='.$history;

	//get the url
	$ch = curl_init();
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $bitly . "?" . $param);
	curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
	$response = curl_exec($ch);
	curl_close($ch);

	//parse depending on desired format
	if(strtolower($format) == 'json') {
		$json = @json_decode($response,true);
		return $json['results'][$url]['shortUrl'];
	} else {
		$xml = simplexml_load_string($response);
		return 'http://bit.ly/'.$xml->results->nodeKeyVal->hash;
	}
}

Thanks, this script helped me a lot! ;)