How can I retrieve YouTube video details from video URL using PHP?

Question

Using PHP, how can I get video information like title, description, thumbnail from a youtube video URL e.g.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4CRkpBGQzU
         


        

Answer 1

Here is a function that can return several pieces of information. I included some sample properties, but others are available:

microformat->playerMicroformatRenderer;
}

$o = youtube_info('2zPxY5WGG1E');

var_dump(
   $o->title->simpleText,
   $o->description->simpleText,
   $o->thumbnail->thumbnails[0]->url
);

https://github.com/89z/sienna/blob/a5ba9109/youtube/youtube.php