This service shortens long URLs and verifies each submission with a reputable antivirus provider. Users can then share these links on social media or save them as QR codes. Deferred redirects can increase the overall revenue.

Features

Unlimited short URLs
Deferred redirect
URL diagnostic
Auto-copy button
QR code generation
Social Sharing
Responsive UI
Developer API
Admin panel

Applications demo

Online Demo

Documentation

Online Documentation

Requirements

Download and upload the https://short.php8developer.com/requirements.php (copy and open in a new tab) file to your web server and run it via a browser to see whether you can run URL Shortener on your server.

Developer API

Developers can use the API to shorten long URLs. Example Request

https://short.php8developer.com/api?url=http%3A%2F%2Fphp8developer.com

Response

{"long":"http:\/\/php8developer.com","short":"https:\/\/short.php8developer.com\/pB"}

Changelog

v 1.10 – 2026.08.10

Cloudflare Turnstile support
Rework of the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions pages
New Cookie Consent widget
Support of any CMP
Support of private shortening
New URL validator
Better error handling
Revise HTTP headers used for request fingerprints
Opt out of public CDNs in favor of local hosting
Meta tags improvements
Bug fixes

v 1.9 – 2026.04.08

PHP 8.3, PHP 8.4 support
Additional antivirus services support
SEO rel canonical support
Better error handling UX
HTTP request refactoring and improvements
Other small fixes

v 1.8 – 2024.01.05

PHP 8.2 support
Framework update
Added Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions pages to meet Google Ads 16 January 2024 requirements
Changed QR code generator provider
Small fixes

v 1.7 – 2022.03.27

Added possibility to restrict certain URLs
Integrated Google Safe Browsing API

v 1.6 – 2021.09.18

Small bug fix

v 1.5 – 2021.06.26

Classname typo fix
UI text bug fix

v 1.4 – 2021.06.25

PHP 7.4/8 support
MySQL strict mode support
Updated theme

v 1.3 – 2019.05.30

PHP 7.3, PHP 7.2, PHP 7.1 Support
MySQL strict mode support

v 1.2 – 2018.02.11

Flash clipboard replaced by javascript clipboard
Timer on redirect page is not active when the browser tab is not active

v 1.1 – 2016.11.20

Excluded possibility to generate short URLs from the same host. i.e. you can’t short “mydomain.com/xxx” URL if you installed script in “mydomain.com”

v 1.0 – 2016.01.10

Updated Cookie EU Law Javascript plugin

v 0.9 – 2015.09.28

Solution for EU cookie law

v 0.8 – 2015.03.23

Small bug fixes

v 0.7 – 2015.02.17

Improved URL recognition pattern

v 0.6 – 2015.02.06

HTML, JS, PHP bug fixes

v 0.5 – 2015.01.07

Some bug fixes

v 0.4 – 2014.06.05

Unique title on “redirect” page
Possibility to set a limit of requests for users
The same URL can be shortened only once

v 0.3

Standalone QR code generator

v 0.2

Deferred redirect

v 0.1

Bug fixes

Url Shortener