Snippet to get the youtube id from an url in PHP
Snippet to get the youtube id from an url in PHP
public static function parseYouTube($str) {
$youtube_id_length = 11;
if (preg_match(‘#((\?|\&)v\=|/embed/|/v/|/youtu.be/|\#././.+?/)(.{’.$youtube_id_length.‘})#i’, $str, $matches))
return $matches[3];
else {
if (mb_strpos($str,‘/user/’) !== false) {
return mb_substr($str,strlen($str)-11,11);
} else {
return $str;
}
};
/*
Currently works for the following url formats.
http://youtu.be/7-luJRn6u9c
http://youtube.com/embed/7-luJRn6u9c
http://youtube.com/v/7-luJRn6u9c
http://youtube.com?v=7-luJRn6u9c
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7-luJRn6u9c
http://www.youtube.com/HuskyStarcraft#p/u/5/7-luJRn6u9c
http://www.youtube.com/user/HuskyStarcraft#p/u/1/7-luJRn6u9c
*/
}
Credits for Ramsez Stamper
