$url = 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHBFvlQ3JGY'; preg_match( '/[\\?\\&]v=([^\\?\\&]+)/', $url, $matches ); $id = $matches[1]; $width = '640'; $height = '385'; echo '<object width="' . $width . '" height="' . $height . '"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/' . $id . '&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/' . $id . '&hl=en_US&fs=1?rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="' . $width . '" height="' . $height . '"></embed></object>';