how to check if youtube url exist or not in laravel?

Question

I want to check if entered URL exist on YouTube or not before saving that URL in my database

I am using this code

$url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaoSIKaxeg';
if(preg_match('/http:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/watch\?v=[^&]+/', $url)) 
{
    dd('match');
}
else 
{
    dd('not match');
}

I have tried everything but nothing works. It always returns 'not match' even if the URL is valid.

Did you try something [like this ?](https://gist.github.com/petk/813270d801bad54d3cc4) — Niklesh Raut, Jul 10 '19 at 05:58
Try [like](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3392993/php-regex-to-get-youtube-video-id/17030234) — Giang D.MAI, Jul 10 '19 at 06:04

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '19 at 06:16

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$headers = get_headers('http://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaoSIKaxeg');
if (!strpos($headers[0], '200')) {
    echo "The YouTube video you entered does not exist";
}

answered Jul 10 '19 at 06:16

iAmGroot

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Nice, will tell you if the video actually exists, too – symlink Jul 10 '19 at 06:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '19 at 06:04

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You're trying to match against http://, not https://:

$url = 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeaoSIKaxeg';
if(preg_match('/https:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/watch\?v=[^&]+/', $url)) {
     dd('match');
}
else {
    dd('not match');
}

answered Jul 10 '19 at 06:04

symlink

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how to check if youtube url exist or not in laravel?

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