YouTube Vimeo Video ID from Embed Code or From URL with PHP Regular Expression RegEx

Question

I want to get Video ID for YouTube or Vimeo via its Embed code or from URL, Any solution to do this with PHP ?

Answer 1

You could use preg_match to get the IDs. I will cover the expressions themselves later in this answer, but here is the basic idea of how to use preg_match:

preg_match('expression(video_id)', "http://www.your.url.here", $matches);
$video_id = $matches[1];

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Here is a breakdown of the expressions for each type of possible input you asked about. I included a link for each showing some test cases and the results.

1. For YouTube URLs such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89OpN_277yY, you could use this expression:

   v=(.{11})
   

2. YouTube embed codes can either look like this (some extraneous stuff clipped):