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youtube-thumbnail.php
<?php
/**
*
* Display a YouTube video thumbnail based on a URL in a template
*
*/
$video_link = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9duuy7lr08';
if( !empty($video_link) ) {
parse_str( parse_url( $video_link, PHP_URL_QUERY ), $my_array_of_vars );
$video_id = $my_array_of_vars['v'];
echo '<img src="https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/'. $video_id .'/hqdefault.jpg" />';
}
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