Youtube

[waynewex]

Hey guys. I'm creating a social network of my own in PHP and was wondering if there is anyway that I can allow users to specify a youtube URL (not the embed source) and have it show up on their profile?

[dropfaith]

how are you doing this question seems vague if its really just including a link its submitted the same way as any other content you are letting users submit.

 

then <a href="link">name</a>

 

but im assuming you need something else

[waynewex]

Well, I have this, but it doesn't seem to work?

 

<object width="300" height="219"><param name="movie" value="<?php echo $user_details['youtube_video'];?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="<?php echo $user_details['youtube_video']; ?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="300" height="219"></embed></object>

[dropfaith]

this should work you will need to edit the select to get the user details a little bit to make it fit your needs but this is the exact code i uset to pull playlists into flash players so it should work out

 

<?
// includes
include("template/conf.php");


// open database connection
$connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass) or die ("Unable to connect!");

// select database
mysql_select_db($db) or die ("Unable to select database!");

// generate and execute query
$Id = mysql_escape_string($_GET['Id']);
$query = "SELECT * FROM blog WHERE Id = '$Id'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die ("Error in query: $query. " . mysql_error());


// get resultset as object
$row = mysql_fetch_object($result);

// print details
if ($row)
{
?><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="<? echo $row->Blog; ?>"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="<? echo $row->Blog; ?>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>


  

<?
}
else
{
?>
<p>
<font size="-1"> could not be located in our database.</font>
<?
}

// close database connection
mysql_close($connection);
?>

[waynewex]

Okay, I've figured out the problem.

 

The URL that is embedded in the object looks like:

 

 

Whereas the URL of the video is:

 

 

How can I subtract the string jVs9YANjbuM from

?

 

Is there a specific method that you guys could recommend?

[dropfaith]

 

you cant get rid of the  v=jVs9YANjbuM

thats what makes youtube select that video

 

much like php?id=3  in php

its the id value

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jVs9YANjbuM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jVs9YANjbuM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[waynewex]

No you see,

 

 

Is the URL that will be embedded in the source.

 

Whereas

 

 

Is the URL that Youtube gives you.

 

So what I need to do is strip jVs9YANjbuM from

 

and place the jVs9YANjbuM in like so:

 

<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/<?php echo subtracted_string; ?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/<?php echo subtracted_string; ?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" 
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

[waynewex]

I have

 

<?php
$equalsign = strpos($user_details['youtube_video'],"=");
$andsign = strpos($user_details['youtube_video'],"&");
?>

 

So far... I'm just wondering where to go from here? Is there a function that allows you to take a string out of another string by giving a start position and an end position?

[dropfaith]

http://us2.php.net/str-pad

 

 

but if users are getting the html link from youtube you wont need to strip it just do

 

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="<? echo $row->Blog; ?>&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="<? echo $row->Blog; ?>&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

that ending string &hl=en&fs=1 can be left on the video command  users will insert the url link to video  and the remaining string will remain there should work out fine

 

as from what ive seen that string doesnt change on the like 4 videos i just clicked on

[waynewex]

It's okay: I do so like:

 

<?php
$equalsign = strpos($user_details['youtube_video'],"=");
$get_val = substr($user_details['youtube_video'],$equalsign+1,11);
?>

<div align="center"><br />

<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/<?php echo $get_val; ?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01">
</param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/<?php echo $get_val; ?>&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" 
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

</div>