How can I check to see if a Vimeo video exists?

Question

Currently, I have a function that builds a vimeo player based on a vimeo ID

function create_video_player_by_ID($video_id){
    $player = '<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/';
    $player .= $video_id.'" ';
    $player .= 'width="'.$this->width.'" ';
    $player .= 'height="'.$this->height.'" ';
    $player .=  'frameborder="0"></iframe>';



    return $player;
}

Currently, I get a vimeo appology in the player window is the ID is invalid, but I would like to do more with that. How can I get a boolean to return before the video player, so I can do something else an failure?

Answer 1

You can use the HEAD request method using the video URL.

function check_remote_video_exists($video_url) {

    $headers = @get_headers($video_url);

    return (strpos($headers[0], '200') > 0) ? true : false;
}

Check your vimeo URL like so:

if (check_remote_video_exists('YOUR_VIMEO_VIDEO_URL')) {

    // video exists, do stuff

} else {

    // video does not exist, do other stuff

}

Hope this helps someone.