[PHP] How To Parse Youtube URL to Get Video ID, Thumbnail Image, or Embed Code

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Hello, sometime we need to parse Youtube URL to get video ID, thumbnail image, or embed code automatically with PHP. To do so, I have created a function parse_youtube_url();

With this function we can:

- Get video ID
- Get Embed code
- Get Thumbnail or HQ Thumbnail URL

Check this out:

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/*
* parse_youtube_url() PHP function
* Author: takien
* URL: http://takien.com
*
* @param string $url URL to be parsed, eg:
* http://youtu.be/zc0s358b3Ys,
* http://www.youtube.com/embed/zc0s358b3Ys
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc0s358b3Ys
* @param string $return what to return
* - embed, return embed code
* - thumb, return URL to thumbnail image
* - hqthumb, return URL to high quality thumbnail image.
* @param string $width width of embeded video, default 560
* @param string $height height of embeded video, default 349
* @param string $rel whether embeded video to show related video after play or not.
 
*/
 
function parse_youtube_url($url,$return='embed',$width='',$height='',$rel=0){
    $urls = parse_url($url);
   
    //url is http://youtu.be/xxxx
    if($urls['host'] == 'youtu.be'){
        $id = ltrim($urls['path'],'/');
    }
    //url is http://www.youtube.com/embed/xxxx
    else if(strpos($urls['path'],'embed') == 1){
        $id = end(explode('/',$urls['path']));
    }
     //url is xxxx only
    else if(strpos($url,'/')===false){
        $id = $url;
    }
    //http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m-t4pcO99gI
    //url is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxx
    else{
        parse_str($urls['query']);
        $id = $v;
        if(!empty($feature)){
            $id = end(explode('v=',$urls['query']));
        }
    }
    //return embed iframe
    if($return == 'embed'){
        return '<iframe width="'.($width?$width:560).'" height="'.($height?$height:349).'" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/'.$id.'?rel='.$rel.'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>';
    }
    //return normal thumb
    else if($return == 'thumb'){
        return 'http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/'.$id.'/default.jpg';
    }
    //return hqthumb
    else if($return == 'hqthumb'){
        return 'http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/'.$id.'/hqdefault.jpg';
    }
    // else return id
    else{
        return $id;
    }
}
/*
* parse_youtube_url() PHP function
* Author: takien
* URL: http://takien.com
*
* @param string $url URL to be parsed, eg:
* http://youtu.be/zc0s358b3Ys,
* http://www.youtube.com/embed/zc0s358b3Ys
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc0s358b3Ys
* @param string $return what to return
* - embed, return embed code
* - thumb, return URL to thumbnail image
* - hqthumb, return URL to high quality thumbnail image.
* @param string $width width of embeded video, default 560
* @param string $height height of embeded video, default 349
* @param string $rel whether embeded video to show related video after play or not.

*/

function parse_youtube_url($url,$return='embed',$width='',$height='',$rel=0){
	$urls = parse_url($url);

	//url is http://youtu.be/xxxx
	if($urls['host'] == 'youtu.be'){
		$id = ltrim($urls['path'],'/');
	}
	//url is http://www.youtube.com/embed/xxxx
	else if(strpos($urls['path'],'embed') == 1){
		$id = end(explode('/',$urls['path']));
	}
	 //url is xxxx only
	else if(strpos($url,'/')===false){
		$id = $url;
	}
	//http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m-t4pcO99gI
	//url is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxx
	else{
		parse_str($urls['query']);
		$id = $v;
		if(!empty($feature)){
			$id = end(explode('v=',$urls['query']));
		}
	}
	//return embed iframe
	if($return == 'embed'){
		return '<iframe width="'.($width?$width:560).'" height="'.($height?$height:349).'" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/'.$id.'?rel='.$rel.'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>';
	}
	//return normal thumb
	else if($return == 'thumb'){
		return 'http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/'.$id.'/default.jpg';
	}
	//return hqthumb
	else if($return == 'hqthumb'){
		return 'http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/'.$id.'/hqdefault.jpg';
	}
	// else return id
	else{
		return $id;
	}
}
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<?php
echo parse_youtube_url('http://youtu.be/zc0s358b3Ys','hqthumb'); //return http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/zc0s358b3Ys/hqdefault.jpg 
echo parse_youtube_url('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc0s358b3Ys','embed'); //return embed code (iframe) 
?>
<?php
echo parse_youtube_url('http://youtu.be/zc0s358b3Ys','hqthumb'); //return http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/zc0s358b3Ys/hqdefault.jpg
echo parse_youtube_url('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc0s358b3Ys','embed'); //return embed code (iframe)
?>

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    Mantap, bisa dipake utk snippet PHP laen :)

  • eMr*

    Thanks For this codes….

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    nice one

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