PHP Short URL Script lets you run a URL shortening service under your own domain. The script can create shorter URLs that do not break in e-mails. As a site owner you can use the script for managing downloads, masking URLs, tracking link clicks, and more.

Short URL

GentleSource Short URL allows you to have a URL shortening service under your own domain. The script can create shorter URLs to be used in e-mails or on microblogging platforms. As a site owner, you can use the script for managing downloads, masking URLs, and keeping track of how many times a link has been clicked.

Features

• Visitors can enter a URL and create a short URL that redirects to the original URL
• Visitors can enter an individual ID instead of the randomly created string
• Spam and phishing protection
• Direct redirect, meta refresh redirect with delay, or top bar frame
• Simple API to let third party tools create short URLs
• Captcha (optional)

• Bookmarklet to create short URLs with one click
• Twitter bookmarklet that redirects the short URL directly to Twitter
• URL length statistics: tells you how long the URL was before the shortening and how long it is after
• Admin area for deactivating, activating, deleting and searching URLs
• URL list in admin area with first and last access date, hits, and hits per day
• URL list in admin area with search function for URLs and identifier
• URL form in admin area, public URL form can be disabled
• List with banned words
• HTML Templates
• Installation routine
• PHP/4 or PHP/5, MySQL, Windows, Linux, Unix