aladdindev/php-youtube-dl

A PHP script to help download your videos from Youtube

php-youtube-dl

A PHP script to help you download your videos from Youtube, _(*1)

, _(*2)

Requirements

• PHP >=5.3
• PHP CURL extension is optional

PHPYoutubeDL

Example #1: Basic download

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PHPYoutubeDl\PHPYoutubeDl;

$php_youtube_dl = new PHPYoutubeDl("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxx");

$php_youtube_dl->startDownload();

Example #2: Prints direct download link

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PHPYoutubeDl\PHPYoutubeDl;

$php_youtube_dl = new PHPYoutubeDl("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxx");

echo $php_youtube_dl->getDirectLink();

Example #3: With progress function

require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

use PHPYoutubeDl\PHPYoutubeDl;

function showProgress($downloaded_size, $download_size){
    echo $downloaded_size / $download_size;
    echo PHP_EOL;
    flush();
}

$php_youtube_dl = new PHPYoutubeDl("http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxx");
$php_youtube_dl->setProgressCallback('showProgress');
$php_youtube_dl->startDownload();

php-youtube-dl-cli

Download the PHP script., _(*3)

Make sure PHP-CLI is installed and added to your PATH variable., _(*4)

php php-youtube-dl-cli.php -f 28 -t myvideo http://youtube.com/watch?v=xxxxxx

Arguments

You can use the following arguments:, _(*5)