Extract youtube id from url
9 juny, 2009 at 07:21
Simple tip in PHP:
function youtubeid($url) {
$url_parsed = parse_url($url);
parse_str($url_parsed['query'],$params);
return $params['v'];
}
So if $url is “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw2-QCXVN2s&feature=popular“, this function will return pw2-QCXVN2s, the id of video.
You can use this id to embed a Youtube video, or paint a video thumbnail: http://img.youtube.com/vi/$id/2.jpg
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Entry filed under: desenvolupament. Tags: embed youtube video, id, php, thumbnail, url, Youtube, youtube id.
1. ed | 24 juny, 2009 a les 02:11
I’ve been trying to show the thumb from a youtube video in my front page for at least 4 hours and not working. Where do you put the
function youtubeid($url) {
$url_parsed = parse_url($url);
parse_str($url_parsed['query'],$params);
return $params['v'];
}
code in wordpress?
I’m not a coder that’s for sure.
Thanks for help
Ed