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6/24/2015 - 11:03 PM

Get YouTube ID from various url structures

Get YouTube ID from various url structures

functions.php
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// GET YOUTUBE ID FROM URL
function getYouTubeIdFromURL($url) {
  $pattern = '%(?:youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/(?:[^/]+/.+/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)/|.*[?&]v=)|youtu\.be/)([^"&?/ ]{11})%i';

  preg_match($pattern, $url, $matches);

  return isset($matches[1]) ? $matches[1] : false;
}