Mod Rewrite question

Question

Is there a way to rewrite

http://localhost/embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yKDhm4_-90

to something smaller?

or is there a way to change this into

http://localhost/embed/script.php?id=7yKDhm4_-90

What can i do?

UPDATE

i've tried with something like this:

header('Content-type: application/x-shockwave-flash');
header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
header('Connection: close');
$video_id = $_REQUEST['id'];
$content = readfile("http://localhost/embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$video_id");
echo $content;

but it is mot working.

what i am doing wrong?

Answer 1

try something like this:

RewriteRule ^embed/player.swf?file=([0-9a-zA-Z0-9]+) embed/player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1

put it on a file called .htaccess in your website's root dir. If u can't find that file you must create it.

Answer 2

it should be possible with either method; I'll post a possible PHP solution.

include("player.swf?file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v={$_GET['id']}");

This is a very simplified solution, so you would still have to handle filtering your input, escaping output, and empty IDs if you wanted to use it in a production environment.

Answer 3

Try the simple and easy solution no need to specify headers

<?php if ($_REQUEST['id']): ?> // youtube video id

<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/<?php echo $_REQUEST['id']; ?>" frameborder="0">
</iframe>

<?php endif; ?>