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July 3, 2012 16:44
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Gets the main image for a YouTube image, to be used for a placeholder.
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| function getYouTubeKey ( $video ) | |
| { | |
| preg_match ( '#\\?v=([^&]+)\\&#s', $video, $vid ); | |
| if ( count ( $vid ) > 0 ) | |
| { | |
| // The correct match is the second item in array | |
| return $vid[ 1 ]; | |
| } | |
| else | |
| return $video; | |
| } | |
| $video = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlpC8-9iI0A&feature=g-vrec'; | |
| <img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/<?php echo getYouTubeKey ( $video ); ?>/2.jpg" width="663" height="365"> |
Cool! Changed and works nicely
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For the regex, instead of
(.+)you would be better doing something like([^&]+)which basically means match anything BUT NOT the ampersand. This should be better performing than the . Character as it'll mean less backtracking by the regex engine