function parseVideoEntry($entry) {      
$obj= new stdClass;

// get nodes in media: namespace for media information
    $media = $entry->children('http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/');
    $obj->title = $media->group->title;
    $obj->description = $media->group->description;

// get video player URL
    $attrs = $media->group->player->attributes();
    $obj->watchURL = $attrs['url']; 

// get video thumbnail
    $attrs = $media->group->thumbnail[0]->attributes();
    $obj->thumbnailURL = $attrs['url']; 
    
// get <yt:duration> node for video length
    $yt = $media->children('http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007');
    $attrs = $yt->duration->attributes();
    $obj->length = $attrs['seconds']; 

// get <yt:stats> node for viewer statistics
    $yt = $entry->children('http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007');
    $attrs = $yt->statistics->attributes();
    $obj->viewCount = $attrs['viewCount']; 

// get <gd:rating> node for video ratings
    $gd = $entry->children('http://schemas.google.com/g/2005'); 
    if ($gd->rating) { 
        $attrs = $gd->rating->attributes();
        $obj->rating = $attrs['average']; 
    } else {
        $obj->rating = 0;         
    }

// get <gd:comments> node for video comments
    $gd = $entry->children('http://schemas.google.com/g/2005');
        if ($gd->comments->feedLink) { 
            $attrs = $gd->comments->feedLink->attributes();
            $obj->commentsURL = $attrs['href']; 
            $obj->commentsCount = $attrs['countHint']; 
        }

//Get the author
    $obj->author = $entry->author->name;
    $obj->authorURL = $entry->author->uri;


// get feed URL for video responses
$entry->registerXPathNamespace('feed', 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom');
$nodeset = $entry->xpath("feed:link[@rel='http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/
2007#video.responses']"); 
    if (count($nodeset) > 0) {
        $obj->responsesURL = $nodeset[0]['href'];      
    }
 
// get feed URL for related videos
$entry->registerXPathNamespace('feed', 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom');
$nodeset = $entry->xpath("feed:link[@rel='http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007#video.related']"); 
    if (count($nodeset) > 0) {
        $obj->relatedURL = $nodeset[0]['href'];      
    }

// return object to caller  
return $obj;      
}   

// get video ID from $_GET 
if (!isset($_POST['url'])) {
die ('Please enter a youtube video URL');  
} else {
$vid = stripslashes($_POST['url']);
$string = $vid;
$url = parse_url($string);
parse_str($url['query']);
 

}

// set video data feed URL
$feedURL = 'http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/'. $v;

// read feed into SimpleXML object
$entry = simplexml_load_file($feedURL);

// parse video entry
$video = parseVideoEntry($entry);


//These variables include the video information
$video_title = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($video->title));
$video_description = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($video->description));
$video_thumbnail = stripslashes($video->thumbnailURL);
$video_author = mysql_real_escape_string(stripslashes($video->author));
$embed = '<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/'.$v.'&hl=en&fs=1"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/'.$v.'&hl=en&fs=1"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
allowscriptaccess="always"
allowfullscreen="true"
width="425" height="344"></embed>
</object>';