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- preg_match: documentation ( source)
<?php
$src = 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/lYbNbJG3-1k#';
preg_match('#(?:youtube(?:-nocookie)?\.com/(?:[^/]+/.+/|(?:v|e(?:mbed)?)/|.*[?&]v=)|youtu\.be/)([^"&?/ ]{11})#i',$src,$output);
var_dump($output);