Play video links via php?

Dude · Post by **Dude** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:27 am

Hi, I want to put a bunch of video links on my website so that the user can click a link and then have that video open in a new tab and start playing. Currently I have to have 1 x HTM page for each video to make this work, but I'd rather have one target HTM page (called "player.htm") which knows the filename of the video link that was clicked, and then plays that video.

I can't work out how to do this, but apparently it can be done with PHP instead? Anyone know how? I'm looking for something like this:

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<a href="/video/player.php?file=video1.mp4">First video</a>
<a href="/video/player.php?file=video2.mp4">Second video</a>
...

Thanks.

TI-994A · Post by **TI-994A** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:31 am

Dude wrote:...I'd rather have one target HTM page (called "player.htm") which knows the filename of the video link that was clicked, and then plays that video.

I can't work out how to do this, but apparently it can be done with PHP instead?

Even JavaScript is able to extract the URL query, but it's much easier with PHP.

player.php

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<?php 
  if (isset($_GET['file'])) {
    $file = $_GET['file'];
  }
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">  
  <body>
    <video id="player" width="640" height="480" controls>
    </video>
  </body>  
  <footer>
    <script> 
      var file = "<?= $file ?>";
      if (file.trim() != "") {
        var player = document.getElementById("player");
        var source = document.createElement("source");
        source.setAttribute("src", file);
        player.appendChild(source);
      } else {
        alert("Video source not found.");
      }
    </script>    
  </footer>  
</html>

Then, simply load the page as you would, with the video file name in the URL query:

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<a href="/video/player.php?file=video1.mp4">First video</a>
<a href="/video/player.php?file=video2.mp4">Second video</a>
...

Dude · Post by **Dude** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:40 pm

Thanks a lot, TI-994A!

Works nice as a start, so now I'll tweak the HTML to match my site. Appreciate it.

VB6_to_PBx · Post by **VB6_to_PBx** » Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:53 pm

HTML Example : ( only checked out in FireFox Browser )

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<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<body> 
<button onclick="playPause()">Play/Pause</button>
<button onclick="enableLoop()" type="button">Enable loop</button>
<button onclick="disableLoop()" type="button">Disable loop</button><br>
<button onclick="setQuarterVolume()" type="button">Set volume to 25 %</button>
<button onclick="setHalfVolume()" type="button">Set volume to 50 %</button>
<button onclick="setFullVolume()" type="button">Set volume to 100 %</button>
<button onclick="VidSize640x480()" type="button">Video Size 640x480</button>
<button onclick="VidSize940x705()" type="button">Video Size 940x705</button>
<button onclick="VidSize1160x870()" type="button">Video Size 1160x870</button><br> 

<video id="myVideo" controls>
 /<source src="Black Night by Joe Bonamassa - Bonatube2013-1Qcexr6CZ5Y.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

<script>
var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
vid.volume = 0.5;
vid.width = 940;
//vid.height = 705;

function playPause() { 
    if (myVideo.paused) 
        myVideo.play(); 
    else 
        myVideo.pause(); 
} 


function enableLoop() {
     if (myVideo.loop = true)
        disableLoop();
        //alert("Loop Disabled");
     else
        vid.loop = true;
        alert("Loop Enabled");
} 


function disableLoop() { 
  vid.loop = false;
  alert("Loop Disabled");
  //vid.load();
} 

function getVolume() { 
    alert(vid.volume);
} 

function setQuarterVolume() { 
    vid.volume = 0.25;
} 
  
function setHalfVolume() { 
    vid.volume = 0.5;
} 
  
function setFullVolume() { 
    vid.volume = 1.0;
} 

function VidSize640x480() { 
    vid.width = 640;
    //vid.height = 480;
} 

function VidSize940x705() { 
    vid.width = 940;
    //vid.height = 705;
} 

function VidSize1160x870() { 
    vid.width = 1160;
    //vid.height = 870;
} 

</script> 

</body> 
</html>

or real simple Example :

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<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<body> 
<iframe width="940" height="705" 
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MMB7Xf_7JDs?&vq=hd720&controls=1&autoplay=1&showinfo=1&rel=0"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</body> 
</html>

Dude · Post by **Dude** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:25 pm

Thanks VB6_to_PBx, but it was the "<?= $file ?>" bit of code that I was missing and needed.

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