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Rewrite Youtube URL

I have some YouTube URLs stored in a database that I need to rewrite.

They are stored in this format: 

$http://youtu.be/IkZuQ-aTIs0

I need to have them re-written to look like this:

$http://youtube.com/v/IkZuQ-aTIs0

These values are stored as a variable $VideoType

I'm calling the variable like this:

$<?php if ($video['VideoType']){
$echo "<a rel=\"shadowbox;width=700;height=400;player=swf\" href=\"" . $video['VideoType'] . "\">View Video</a>";
$}?>

How do I rewrite them?

Thank you for the help.

Solution

  • You want to use the preg_replace function:

    Something like:

    $oldurl = 'youtu.be/blah';
$pattern = '/youtu.be/';
$replacement = 'youtube.com/v';
$newurl = preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);