$long_url = urlencode('https://bit.ly/3tCEsz7'); $api_token = '8824dfdd14184ec484a5ffd24263e9d5a6887fe4'; $api_url = "https://clk.sh/api?api= {$api_token} &url= {$long_url} &alias= CustomAlias ​​"; $result = @json_decode(file_get_contents($api_url),TRUE); if($result["status"] === 'error') {  echo $result["message"]; } Else {  echo $result["shortenedUrl"]; }