How to create a url shortener in php
Here you will learn to create a url shortener in php like tiny url. There are many websites available on internet to generate shortened URL like tiny url, but here we will be creating this by using our own PHP program code.
Program code to create a url shortener in php
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | <?php function generateShortURL($longURL) { $shortURL = substr(md5($longURL), 0, 8); return $shortURL; } $longURL = "https://www.example.com/very/long/url"; $shortURL = generateShortURL($longURL); echo "Short URL: " . $shortURL; ?> |
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