Regular Expressions 101

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Regular Expression
PCRE (PHP <7.3)

/
(?<=v=|v\/|embed\/|be\/)([^&?]+)
/
g

Description

Match any youtube id

Working with the following links :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk&feature=featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
http://www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
//www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
www.youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US
youtube.com/v/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?fs=1&hl=en_US

https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?autoplay=1
https://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
www.youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
https://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtube.com/embed/DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk?t=120
https://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
http://youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
//youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk
youtu.be/DFYRQ_zQ-gk

https://www.youtube.com/HamdiKickProduction?v=DFYRQ_zQ-gk
Submitted by Haroun SMIDA - 8 years ago