PHP: How to check whether the URL is Youtube's or vimeo's

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laukok picture laukok · Jul 8, 2011 · Viewed 29.6k times · Source

How can I write a function to check whether the provided URLs is youtube or vimeo?

For instance, I have this two URLs that I store in a database as strings,

http://vimeo.com/24456787

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj18UQjPpGA&feature=player_embedded

If the URL is youtube then I will rewrite the URL to,

http://www.youtube.com/embed/rj18UQjPpGA?rel=0&wmode=transparent

If the URL is vimeo then I will rewrite this URL to,

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24456787

Thanks.

Answer

Stoosh picture Stoosh · Jul 8, 2011

Use the parse_url function to split the URL up and then just do your normal checks

$url = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj18UQjPpGA&feature=player_embedded';
$parsed = parse_url($url);

Will give you this array

array
  'scheme' => string 'http' (length=4)
  'host' => string 'www.youtube.com' (length=15)
  'path' => string '/watch' (length=6)
  'query' => string 'v=rj18UQjPpGA&feature=player_embedded' (length=37)

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