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Kenan
Kenan

Reputation: 5

Remote URL image showing on our website

I am using Youtube video IMG.

Example link: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aSVpBqOsC7o/hqdefault.jpg

I would like: http://cdn.mywebsite.com/vi/aSVpBqOsC7o/hqdefault.jpg

How can I do it with PHP and .htaccess?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (1)

arkascha
arkascha

Reputation: 42885

The apache http server comes with great modules, among those is the proxy module. It offers exactly what you are looking for without the need of some scripting language or similar:

The simple and direct approach is to proxy the whole URL https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ inside your own domain space: 

ProxyRequests off
ProxyPass /vi/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/

For the documentation see: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass

Another apporach that offers more flexibility is to use the proxy module from within the rewrite module: 

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/?vi/([^/]+)/(.+)$ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/$1/$2 [L,P]

For the documentation see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule

The same effect as the first approach can also be reached by a notation which is limited to the host configuration: 

ProxyRequests off
<Location /vi/>
    ProxyPass https://i.ytimg.com/vi/
</Location>

Both upper approaches can be used inside the http host configuration or, if really necessary, inside dynamic configuration files (.htaccess style files). In general you should always prefer to place such rules in the host configuration. .htaccess style files add complexity, are notoriously error prone, hard to debug and they really slow down the http server. They are only provided as a last option for situations where you do not have control over the host configuration (read: really cheap hosting service providers) or if you have an application that relies on writing its own rewrite rules (which is an obvious security nightmare).

Upvotes: 1

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