How to shorten a URL using PHP

Question

guys.

I am trying to work on a solution for shortening urls with php. Currently a hash is a bit too long for a commercial link, and APIs for shortening urls are paid, which is not an option for me. Is there a way to shorten a md5 output or any API that works somewhat like bit.ly?

Thanks a lot.

`Is there a way to shorten a md5 output or any API that works somewhat like bit.ly?` Yes there is. `md5()`, `\PDO` and `header()` should be all you need. — hppycoder, Apr 06 '21 at 14:33
If you are going to store your "hashes" with the full URLs in a database, then you can just generate a random string and check if it's already been used. Something like https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4356289/php-random-string-generator — ajCary, Apr 07 '21 at 07:37
Please provide some of your attempts you've already tried. Or at least what you have found so far. — Hille, Apr 07 '21 at 14:52

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '22 at 10:34

Require the Package

composer require Kozhinhikkodan/url-short

Use the namespace and returns 'shortened URL’

# use the package 
use Kozhinhikkodan\UrlShort\UrlShort; 
 
# returns 'shortened URL' 
$UrlShort = new UrlShort(); 
return $UrlShort->short_url($url);

How to shorten a URL using PHP

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