🚀 PHP Professional URL Shortener

A professional PHP URL shortener with a secure admin dashboard and analytics. Built with Bootstrap 5 for a modern, responsive UI. Easily shorten URLs, track clicks, and manage statistics.

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Features

• Shorten URLs using /r/shortcode format
• Admin dashboard with authentication
• Track clicks by date, IP, user-agent, and country
• Click analytics with chart visualization (Chart.js)
• Database-driven (MySQL) with clean structure (app/, api/, public/)
• Optional QR code generation
• Responsive UI for desktop and mobile

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Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/DigitalEforce/php-url-shortener-pro.git

2. Import the database via phpMyAdmin or MySQL CLI.

3. Configure database connection in app/config.php:

   $host = "localhost";
   $dbname = "url_shortener";
   $username = "root";
   $password = "";

4. Optional: .htaccess for clean URLs:

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /php-url-shortener-pro/public/
   RewriteRule ^r/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ redirect.php?c=$1 [L,QSA]
   RewriteRule ^$ index.php [L]

5. Access the project:

   • Public: http://localhost/php-url-shortener-pro/public/
   • Admin: http://localhost/php-url-shortener-pro/public/admin/login.php

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Public Usage

1. Visit homepage.
2. Enter the long URL.
3. Click Shorten URL.
4. Copy the generated short URL, e.g., http://localhost/php-url-shortener-pro/public/r/abc123.

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Admin Dashboard

• Login URL: http://localhost/php-url-shortener-pro/public/admin/login.php
• Username: admin
• Password: admin123

Admin Features:

• View all shortened URLs
• Track total clicks per URL
• Detailed analytics (Chart.js)
• Logout functionality

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Analytics

• View total clicks per URL
• Clicks over time chart
• IP, country, and user-agent per click
• Summary cards for Total URLs & Total Clicks

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Screenshots

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Contribution

We welcome contributions!

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork locally
3. Create a branch: git checkout -b feature-name
4. Make changes
5. Commit changes: git commit -m "Add feature"
6. Push branch: git push origin feature-name
7. Open a Pull Request

See CONTRIBUTING.md for full guidelines.

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About Me

I am Naveed, a passionate PHP developer. I specialize in creating modern, secure, and professional web applications using PHP, MySQL, and Bootstrap.

Check my GitHub for more projects: https://github.com/DigitalEforce

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License

MIT License