Add YouTube to phpbb forums

One of the most popular website in the world is YouTube. I am sure alot of you reading this either share videos or watch them. How would you like to add videos to your phpbb forums? Well, this tutorial will show you just how to do that.
We will be adding youtube's video as bbcode.

Example:
YouTube video in phpbb forums

Files to edit:
includes/bbcode.php
themes/YOUR_THEME/forums/bbcode.tpl (note: If you use the default phpbb template then this file is located at modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/bbcode.tpl)
modules/Forums/posting.php
modules/Forums/language/lang_english/lang_main.php
themes/YOUR_THEME/forums/posting_body.tpl (note: If you use the default phpbb template then this file is located at modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/posting_body.tpl

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Steps :
1. It might seem like alot of editing but it's actually easy. First open includes/bbcode.php and find the following codes:

$bbcode_tpl['email'] = str_replace('{EMAIL}', '\\1', $bbcode_tpl['email']);

Directly under that line paste the following codes:

$bbcode_tpl['youtube'] = str_replace('{URL}', '\\1', $bbcode_tpl['youtube']); Done!

2. Next find the following codes. If you can't find all of the codes, try searching for a part of it. Maybe the first 10 letters.

// [email]user@domain.tld[/email] code.. $patterns[] = "#\[email\]([a-z0-9&\-_.]+?@[\w\-]+\.([\w\-\.]+\.)?[\w]+)\[/email\]#si"; $replacements[] = $bbcode_tpl['email'];

Directly under that code paste the following:

$patterns[] = "#\[youtube:$uid\](.*?)\[/youtube:$uid\]#si"; $replacements[] = $bbcode_tpl['youtube']; Done!

3. Next find the following codes. Again, if you can't find all of the codes try searching for a portion of it.

// [img]image_url_here[/img] code.. $text = preg_replace("#\[img\]((ht|f)tp://)([^ \?&=\"\n\r\t<]*?(\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png)))\[/img\]#sie", "'[img:$uid]' . getsize('\\1'.str_replace(' ', '%20', '\\3')) . '[/img:$uid]'", $text);

Directly under that paste the following codes.

$text = preg_replace("#\[youtube\](([a-z]+?)://([^, \n\r]+))\[/youtube\]#sie", "'[youtube:$uid]' . str_replace('watch?v=', 'v/', '\\1') . '[/youtube:$uid]'", $text); Done!

4. Open themes/YOUR_THEME/forums/bbcode.tpl (note: If you use the default phpbb template then this file is located at modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/bbcode.tpl) and find the following:

<!-- BEGIN email --><a href="mailto:{EMAIL}">{EMAIL}</A><!-- END email -->

Directly under that paste the following codes. This code should be one line. It has been wrapped to fit inside this website theme.

<!-- BEGIN youtube --><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="{URL}"></param><embed src="{URL}" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><!-- END youtube --> Done!

5. Open modules/Forums/posting.php and find the following:

'L_BBCODE_F_HELP' => $lang['bbcode_f_help'],

Directly under that paste the following codes.

'L_BBCODE_YY_HELP' => $lang['bbcode_yy_help'], Done!

6. Open modules/Forums/language/lang_english/lang_main.php and find the following:

$lang['bbcode_f_help'] = 'Font size: [size=x-small]small text[/size]';

Directly under that paste the following codes.

$lang['bbcode_yy_help'] = "YouTube Video: [youtube]http://link_of_video[/youtube]"; Done!

7. We are almost done :) Open themes/YOUR_THEME/forums/posting_body.tpl (note: If you use the default phpbb template then this file is located at modules/Forums/templates/subSilver/posting_body.tpl and find the following:

f_help = "{L_BBCODE_F_HELP}";

Directly under that paste the following codes.

yy_help = "{L_BBCODE_YY_HELP}"; Done!

8. Find:

bbtags = new Array('[b]','[/b]',

In-line find '[/url]' and beside it add the following:

, '[youtube]','[/youtube]' Done!

9. Find the following (note: the code should be one line, it has been wrapped to fit this website theme):

<td width="54"><span class="genmed"> <input type="button" class="button" accesskey="w" name="addbbcode16" value="URL" style="text-decoration: underline; width: 40px" onClick="bbstyle(16)" onMouseOver="helpline('w')" /> </span></td>

Directly after that paste the following (note: the code should be one line, it has been wrapped to fit this website theme).
This part needs a little attention. You should add 2 to each value if already taken " addbbcode18, bbstyle(18) " . Notice in the above the code it has "16" so we added 2.

<td><span class="genmed"><input type="button" class="button" accesskey="yy" name="addbbcode18" value="YouTube It!" style="width: 50px" onClick="bbstyle(18)" onMouseOver="helpline('yy')" /></span></td> Done!

That's it! Enjoy and please Back Up as usual before making any major changes.

Now how-to-use.
First visit youtube and get the video link eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mySDeYuJn2M
Next create a post in your forum and place the url in the youtube tag [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mySDeYuJn2M[/youtube]

 

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