//GETS INFO FROM ADRESS EG ?creator=1
$frm_ytstring = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr3JEwXtudA";

$checkyt = explode(".", $frm_ytstring);//Bad xml parsing

$gotcheckyt = $checkyt[1];

//if ($gotcheckyt == "youtube" ){

        //gets vid id
        $yt_start = explode("v=",$frm_ytstring,2);
        $yt_end = explode("&",$yt_start[1],2);
        $gotid = $yt_end[0];

                        //youtube xml setup

                $getinfoytlink = "http://www.youtube.com/api2_rest?method=youtube.videos.get_details&dev_id=BnvzCjJ_Bzw&video_id=$gotid";

                //this page gets xml info off utube
                $yt_xml_pic_string = @file_get_contents($getinfoytlink);
                $yt_xml_pic_start = explode("<thumbnail_url>",$yt_xml_pic_string,2);
                $yt_xml_pic_end = explode("</thumbnail_url>",$yt_xml_pic_start[1],2);
                $yt_pic = $yt_xml_pic_end[0];

                echo "piclink:".$yt_pic."<br>";
                //echo $yt_pic;

                $yt_xml_author_string = @file_get_contents($getinfoytlink);
                $yt_xml_author_start = explode("<author>",$yt_xml_author_string,2);
                $yt_xml_author_end = explode("</author>",$yt_xml_author_start[1],2);
                $yt_author = addslashes($yt_xml_author_end[0]);
                echo "author:".$yt_author."<br>";
                //echo $yt_author;

                $yt_xml_title_string = @file_get_contents($getinfoytlink);
                $yt_xml_title_start = explode("<title>",$yt_xml_title_string,2);
                $yt_xml_title_end = explode("</title>",$yt_xml_title_start[1],2);
                $yt_title = addslashes($yt_xml_title_end[0]);
                $yt_title_noslash = $yt_xml_title_end[0];
                echo "title:".$yt_title_noslash."<br>";

                //echo $yt_title."<br>";

                $yt_xml_description_string = @file_get_contents($getinfoytlink);
                $yt_xml_description_start = explode("<description>",$yt_xml_description_string,2);
                $yt_xml_description_end = explode("</description>",$yt_xml_description_start[1],2);
                $yt_description = addslashes($yt_xml_description_end[0]);
                echo "description:".$yt_description."<br>";

                //echo $yt_description."<br>";

                $yt_xml_view_count_string = @file_get_contents($getinfoytlink);
                $yt_xml_view_count_start = explode("<view_count>",$yt_xml_view_count_string,2);
                $yt_xml_view_count_end = explode("</view_count>",$yt_xml_view_count_start[1],2);
                $yt_view_count = $yt_xml_view_count_end[0];
                echo "view count:".$yt_view_count."<br>";