If you’ve ever worked with Google Maps links in your PHP projects, you might have encountered Google Maps short URLs like https://goo.gl/maps/... or https://maps.app.goo.gl/.... These short links don’t directly give you the full address or location details, which can be frustrating if you need to display or process them programmatically. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through a PHP code snippet that extracts the full address from a Google Maps short link using cURL and DOM parsing. This approach is useful for developers building real estate websites, directory listings, or location-based services.