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A PHP class created to help you load, edit and save thumbnails from videos on Youtube.

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Examples

use jyggen\Youtube\Thumbnail;

// Load a thumbnail and save it to disk.
Thumbnail::forge('83fJ7hlZkpA')->save('my_path/');

// Maybe we wanna do some changes aswell. Retrieve the previously forged instance.
$thumb = Thumbnail::instance('83fJ7hlZkpA');

// Get the Thumbnail's GD resource.
$data  = $thumb->getData();

// Create a new GD resource and copy a portion of the thumbnail into our new image.
$dest = imagecreatetruecolor(80, 40);
imagecopy($dest, $data, 0, 0, 20, 13, 80, 40);

// Set our old thumbnail to the new resized one.
$thumb->setData($dest);

// Oh shit, did we fudge up something? Reset the image to its original state.
$thumb->reset();

// We want to save the image again, but with a different name and extension.
$thumb->setName('my_awesome_thumbnail');
$thumb->save('my_path/', 'gif');

Thumbnail object

Static Methods

• forge(string $youtubeId)
  Forge a new Thumbnail instance.
• instance(string $youtubeId)
  Retrieve an existing Thumbnail instance.

Methods

• reset()
  Reset the thumbnail to its original state.
• save(string $path, string $extension = 'png')
  Save the thumbnail to disk.
• getData()
  Get the thumbnail's GD resource.
• setData(resource $data)
  Set the thumbnail's GD resource.
• getName()
  Get the output name without extension.
• setName(string $name)
  Set the output name without extension.