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dotzero/googl
=============

A PHP5 library to generate shortened URL through The Google URL Shortener API

0.2.0(10y ago)838.0k↑22.7%6MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Apr 11Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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PHP Googl
=========

[](#php-googl)

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A PHP5 library to generate shortened URL through The Google URL Shortener API.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using an Google API key is highly recommended. To acquire an API key follow [the instructions](https://developers.google.com/url-shortener/v1/getting_started#APIKey).

### Shorten URL

[](#shorten-url)

Shorten a long URL using The Google URL Shortener API

```
try {
    $googl = new \dotzero\Googl('YOUR_GOOGLE_API');
    echo $googl->shorten('http://github.com');
} catch (\dotzero\GooglException $e) {
    printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
}
```

### Expand URL

[](#expand-url)

Expand a short URL using The Google URL Shortener API

```
try {
    $googl = new \dotzero\Googl('YOUR_GOOGLE_API');
    echo $googl->expand('http://goo.gl/KkZ8');
} catch (\dotzero\GooglException $e) {
    printf('Error (%d): %s', $e->getCode(), $e->getMessage());
}
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Via composer:

[](#via-composer)

```
$ composer require dotzero/googl
```

### Without composer

[](#without-composer)

Clone the project using `git clone https://github.com/dotzero/googl-php/`and include the source file with `require_once("googl-php/src/Googl.php");`

Test
----

[](#test)

First install the dependencies, and after you can run:

```
GOOGLE_API=YOUR_GOOGLE_API vendor/bin/phpunit
```

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the MIT license:

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3690d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/acb949df784d335647f74ca98bf03212a11f4f28ee459443aa599335de418c29?d=identicon)[dotzero](/maintainers/dotzero)

---

Top Contributors

[![dotzero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/265633?v=4)](https://github.com/dotzero "dotzero (15 commits)")

---

Tags

googlgooglephpapishortenergoogl

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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