Check if Youtube and Vimeo-clips are valid

Question

I have been trying for quite a while to check if submitted links are valid film-clips from youtube.com or vimeo.com but I didn\'t succeed.

Any ideas how to check ur

Answer 1

/* 
 * Verify YouTube video status
 */

    $videoID = "o8UCI7r1Aqw";
    $header = get_headers("http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/". $videoID);

    switch($headers[0]) {
    case '200':
    // video valid
    break;

    case '403':
    // private video
    break;

    case '404':
    // video not found
    break;

    default:
    // nothing  above
    break;
    }