- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
function explodeYoutubeId($newstext, $divopt){
$search_text = array(
"'^(http[s]*://www.youtube.com/watch\?[.]*v='",
);
$replace_text = array(
"",
);
$newtext = preg_replace($search_text,$replace_text,$newstext);
$newtext = '<div '.$divopt.'><p>'.$newtext.'</p></div>';
return $newtext;
}
echo explodeYoutubeId('https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M7lc1UVf-VE#!');
?>