file_get_contents help

[mynamesleo]

Hi guys hope you can help me out again.

I am using file_get_contents to get a page then sort through the source to get the information needed, works fine.

The pages I am going through are youtube videos (to get the video id making it possible to download the video, as there is no download option). Problem is some videos are flagged and you must confirm you're age to see it, so the page is redirected to a page where you confirm this, for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oG6gb-MCI8

That page will re-direct you to http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3D-oG6gb-MCI8

So the source file_get_contents is grabbing is the verify page, which is no good to me.


Is there a way to stop it from redirecting and just get the first links source?

Thanks

[fert]

The only way i know how to do it is to use CURL to send valid cookies to the site and then access the video.

[.josh]

please make some kind of effort to name your topics appropriately, not just "help please."

[mynamesleo]

Sorry about the title.

Ok I have tried curl but its over my head at the moment, does anybody know how this sites doing it:

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

that site is able to download a video from youtube which i understand, but if the video is like this one:


it re-directs to a "sign up or register page" , the information needed is on the actual page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oG6gb-MCI8) - so how does this site get the info from that page?? is it usng curl? it doesnt place any youtube cookies so..?  :o confused :o

[hitman6003]

They are probably using a youtube api of some sort...

http://www.youtube.com/dev

[mynamesleo]

[quote author=hitman6003 link=topic=118071.msg483733#msg483733 date=1165975563]
They are probably using a youtube api of some sort...

http://www.youtube.com/dev
[/quote]

no already checked that out. the information needed to download the video is on the actual video page, but it re-directs.. so i dont see how that program gets it..