Question

is any method to validate Youtube video link with Zend-framework ?

If user inputs not valid link, for example http://www.youtube.com/watch?00zzv=nel how can I check it before inserting into site ?

Answer 1

I’m pretty sure that there is no built in validator for this, but writing custom validators is super easy:

class My_Validate_Youtube extends Zend_Validate_Abstract{

    public function isValid($value){
        // check url here
        if (no_good($value)){
            $this->_error("Explain the error here");
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

}

Just put whatever checks you need in that class, and run the validator on any Youtube links to be checked.

edit:
From Laykes, you might want to consider using the validator to check if the video actually exists, instead of determining if it fits a pattern. Depends on your use cases though- eg how much latency do you want to introduce by making a call to the Youtube API?