PHP - YOUTUBE DOWNLOAD LINK GENERATOR

Using the below PHP snippet you can offer your users the ability to download youtube videos.

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function str_between($string, $start, $end) { $string = " ".$string; $ini = strpos($string,$start); if ($ini == 0) return ""; $ini += strlen($start); $len = strpos($string,$end,$ini) - $ini; return substr($string,$ini,$len); } function get_youtube_download_link(){ $youtube_link = $_GET['youtube']; $youtube_page = file_get_contents($youtube_link); $v_id = str_between($youtube_page, "&video_id=", "&"); $t_id = str_between($youtube_page, "&t=", "&"); $flv_link = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=$v_id&t=$t_id"; $hq_flv_link = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=$v_id&t=$t_id&fmt=6"; $mp4_link = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=$v_id&t=$t_id&fmt=18"; $threegp_link = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video?video_id=$v_id&t=$t_id&fmt=17"; echo "\t\tDownload (right-click &gt; save as)&#58;\n\t\t"; echo "<a href=\"$flv_link\">FLV</a>\n\t\t"; echo "<a href=\"$hq_flv_link\">HQ FLV (if available)</a>\n\t\t"; echo "<a href=\"$mp4_link\">MP4</a>\n\t\t"; echo "<a href=\"$threegp_link\">3GP</a><br><br>\n"; }