How do I call this function in CodeIgniter controller?
- by Jason Shultz
I've got this code, but I'm not sure I make it work:
/**
* Function: youtube data grabber
*
* @description :
* @param $ : video code, url type (embed/url)
* @return : data array
* @author : Mamun.
* @last -modified-by: Mamun.
*/
if (! function_exists('youtube_data_grabber'))
{
function youtube_data_grabber($video_code, $link_type = "embed")
{
if ($video_code != '')
{
if ($link_type == "embed")
{
$splited_data = explode("=",$video_code);
$video_unique_code = substr(strrchr($splited_data[4],"/"),1,-strlen(strrchr($splited_data[4],"&")));
}
else if ($link_type == "url")
{
$splited_data = explode("=",$video_code);
$video_unique_code = substr($splited_data[1],0,-strlen(strrchr($splited_data[1],"&")));
}
else
{
return;
}
// set feed URL
$feedURL = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'.$video_unique_code;
// read feed into SimpleXML object
$sxml = simplexml_load_file($feedURL);
return $sxml;
}
}
} // End Youtube Function
I'm not sure how to activate it is what I'm trying to say. I placed it in the controller and it's within a function for one of my pages. I don't have any syntax errors. I just don't know how to wake it up and make it work. I thought I could just put youtube_data_grabber('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAcrFym10ZI', 'url'); but that didn't work.
I got the code from here: http://bit.ly/b7YnDt and I have the zend functionality working. I tested it earlier and had no errors. I'm just having trouble with this youtube part.
Any ideas?
