Getting dynamic PHP links and iframe to work?

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I'm creating a wordpress theme and am having trouble generating a video link to go into an iframe source. I've tried troubleshooting and it seems that the issue is beyond wordpress and I can't actually input any link with PHP to work with iframe. Here's an example for simplicity's sake.

<iframe src="<?php echo 'https://vimeo.com/159120552'; ?>" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

The PHP works as far as I can tell (when I inspect it, the link is in the correct place), but there appears to be a blank web document created in the iframe instead.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a known issue of iframe and PHP?

Presumably the question just uses a hardcoded link as an example and OP actually wants to put a dynamic link in there later. — DanielGibbs, May 17 '16 at 04:32
Right, the link isn't hardcoded normally and will be generated dynamically using extra metadata on the page. — NexusCrux, May 17 '16 at 04:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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This issue not related to PHP . Its throwing an error refused to display in a frame because it set 'X-Frame-Options' to 'sameorigin'. Please refer How to set 'X-Frame-Options' on iframe?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered May 17 '16 at 05:03

Anish Chandran

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Right you are! This particular issue is with my own vimeo link, as I was using the web link and not the embed link. (vimeo.com/##### as opposed to player.vimeo.com/video/#######) – NexusCrux May 17 '16 at 05:23

Getting dynamic PHP links and iframe to work?

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