This simple snippet of code will help you get the full URL of the currently viewed page. function getUrl(){ $domain = $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]; $url = “http://” . $domain . $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’]; return $url; }
The URL shortening service TinyURL.com provides an API for programmatically processing URL shortening requests through your own script.
Getting the thumbnail of a Youtube video through it’s ID is not that hard. You just have to transform the URL a little bit to get a high quality JPG file, used as a main thumbnail through Youtube.com.
This is a simple tip but most experienced PHP programmers don’t know that it even exists.