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Get the best version of youtube cover image without using the API
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<?php | |
function url_exists( $url ) { | |
$headers = get_headers($url); | |
return stripos( $headers[0], "200 OK" ) ? true : false; | |
} | |
function get_youtube_id( $url ) { | |
$youtubeid = explode('v=', $url); | |
$youtubeid = explode('&', $youtubeid[1]); | |
$youtubeid = $youtubeid[0]; | |
return $youtubeid; | |
} | |
function get_youtube_thumb( $id ) { | |
if ( url_exists( 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/' .$id . '/maxresdefault.webp' ) ) { | |
$image = 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/' .$id . '/maxresdefault.webp'; | |
} | |
elseif ( url_exists( 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/' .$id . '/mqdefault.webp' ) ) { | |
$image = 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/' .$id . '/mqdefault.webp'; | |
} | |
elseif ( url_exists( 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/' .$id . '/maxresdefault.jpg' ) ) { | |
$image = 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/' .$id . '/maxresdefault.jpg'; | |
} | |
elseif ( url_exists( 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/' .$id . '/mqdefault.jpg' ) ) { | |
$image = 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/' .$id . '/mqdefault.jpg'; | |
} | |
else { | |
$image = false; | |
} | |
return $image; | |
} | |
// Example: | |
$youtube_url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ferZnZ0_rSM'; | |
$id = get_youtube_id( $youtube_url ); | |
$thumb = get_youtube_thumb( $id ); | |
echo '<img src="' . $thumb . '" alt="">'; |
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