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tzfrs/urlextender
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This library extends short URLs to longURLs using HTTP-Header Location

0.0.2.1(10y ago)020MITPHP

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URLExtender
===========

[](#urlextender)

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This library can be used to expand short URLs such as  and get the URL that is behind the short URL using Guzzles head method and reading the Location header

Install
-------

[](#install)

Install via [composer](https://getcomposer.org):

```
{
    "require": {
        "tzfrs/urlextender": "0.0.2.1"
    }
}
```

Run `composer install` or `composer update`.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

Note: You can also see the examples.php for more examples.

### Basic parsing

[](#basic-parsing)

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