parse youtube video id using preg_match
parsing, php, regex, youtube
Solution
This regex grabs the ID from all of the various URLs I could find... There may be more out there, but I couldn't find reference of them anywhere. If you come across one this doesn't match, please leave a comment with the URL, and I'll try and update the regex to match your URL.
if (preg_match('%(?:youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/(?:[^/]+/.+/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)/|.*[?&]v=)|youtu\.be/)([^"&?/\s]{11})%i', $url, $match)) {
$video_id = $match[1];
}
Here is a sample of the URLs this regex matches: (there can be more content after the given URL that will be ignored)
- http://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/embed/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/v/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/e/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/user/username#p/u/11/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/sandalsResorts#p/c/54B8C800269D7C1B/0/dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
- http://www.youtube.com/?feature=player_embedded&v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ...
It also works on the youtube-nocookie.com URL with the same above options.
It will also pull the ID from the URL in an embed code (both iframe and object tags)
Problem
I am attempting to parse the video ID of a youtube URL using preg_match. I found a regular expression on this site that appears to work; ``` (?<=v=)[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?=&)|(?<=[0-9]/)[^&\n]+|(?<=v=)[^&\n]+ ``` As shown in this pic: My PHP is as follows, but it doesn't work (gives Unknown modifier '[' error)... ``` <? $subject = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_AbfPXTKms&NR=1"; preg_match("(?<=v=)[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?=&)|(?<=[0-9]/)[^&\n]+|(?<=v=)[^&\n]+", $subject, $matches); print "<pre>"; print_r($matches); print "</pre>"; ?> ``` Cheers