.htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?l=$1 [L]

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Create a Simple URL Shortener With 10 Lines of PHP

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index.php

<?php

$links = parse_ini_file('links.ini');

if(isset($_GET['l']) && array_key_exists($_GET['l'], $links)){
	header('Location: ' . $links[$_GET['l']]);
}else{
	header('HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found');
	echo 'Unknown link.';
}

links.ini

google	= https://www.google.com/
fb		= https://www.facebook.com/