Vimeo thumbnail not showing on PHP 7.0

PHP
#1

Hello, everyone.

I developed a small plugin for a client who’s still on PHP 7.0 and the IT person is being difficult about upgrading to PHP 7.4 want to upgrade.

I have a small Vimeo script that reads out a supplied URL and then returns the parameters (video title, link and thumbnail). It’s not working on the live site, here is my snippet:

<?php 
  // get fields
  $video_url = get_field('vimeo_url');      // example using ACF (works similar)
  $url_pieces = explode('/', $video_url);
?>
<?php if( preg_match('/https:\/\/(www\.)*vimeo\.com\/.*/', $video_url) ) { ?>
  <?php
    // vimeo
    $id = $url_pieces[3];
    $hash = unserialize( file_get_contents('http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/' . $id . '.php') );

    // this is for testing --- included dump below
    echo '<pre>';
    var_dump($hash);
    echo '</pre>';

    $thumbnail = $hash[0]['thumbnail_large'];
  ?>
  <div class="col-sm-3">
    <a class="videos-list--item popup-vimeo" href="<?php echo $video_url ?>" style="background-image:url('<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>');" data-lity >
      <p class="video-title"><?php the_title(); ?></p>
    </a>
  </div>
<?php } ?>

And then this is an example of the var dump output generated by the var_dump in the snippet above:

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  array(23) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(297401184)
    ["title"]=>
    string(13) "Face and Body"
    ["description"]=>
    string(0) ""
    ["url"]=>
    string(27) "https://vimeo.com/297401184"
    ["upload_date"]=>
    string(19) "2018-10-26 17:27:48"
    ["thumbnail_small"]=>
    string(48) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/735070657_100x75.jpg"
    ["thumbnail_medium"]=>
    string(49) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/735070657_200x150.jpg"
    ["thumbnail_large"]=>
    string(45) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/735070657_640.jpg"
    ["user_id"]=>
    int(47140717)
    ["user_name"]=>
    string(27) "Motion Analysis Corporation"
    ["user_url"]=>
    string(32) "https://vimeo.com/motionanalysis"
    ["user_portrait_small"]=>
    string(45) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/32378470_30x30"
    ["user_portrait_medium"]=>
    string(45) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/32378470_75x75"
    ["user_portrait_large"]=>
    string(47) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/32378470_100x100"
    ["user_portrait_huge"]=>
    string(47) "http://i.vimeocdn.com/portrait/32378470_300x300"
    ["stats_number_of_likes"]=>
    int(0)
    ["stats_number_of_plays"]=>
    int(26)
    ["stats_number_of_comments"]=>
    int(0)
    ["duration"]=>
    int(45)
    ["width"]=>
    int(1280)
    ["height"]=>
    int(720)
    ["tags"]=>
    string(9) "Animation"
    ["embed_privacy"]=>
    string(8) "anywhere"
  }
}
#2

Have you checked the error log?

#3

I jut did. Nothing is showing. The HTML simply doesn’t display the background image:

<a class="videos-list--item popup-vimeo" href="https://vimeo.com/312001166" style="background-image:url('');" data-lity=""><p class="video-title">Behind the Scenes –&nbsp;Titanfall 2</p>
</a>

I adjusted the script slightly and the same issue.

<?php foreach ($hash as $h) { ?>
  <?php $thumbnail = $h['thumbnail_large']; ?>
  <div class="col-sm-3">
    <a class="videos-list--item popup-vimeo" href="<?php echo $video_url ?>" style="background-image:url('<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>');" data-lity >
      <p class="video-title"><?php the_title(); ?></p>
    </a>
  </div>

I just want to confirm that it can be resolved by upgrading to PHP 7.4?

#4

Is that a statement or a question?

Is this a WordPress site?

#5

It’s a WordPress site. I think I’m going to conclude that they need to update their PHP version. I personally cannot be bothering you with unsupported system.

Thank you for your assistance.

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#6

I’m sorry no one more knowledgeable had any suggestions, but yes, as you say PHP 7.0 is no longer supported - support stopped 1 Jan 2018, and security fixes ended 1 Jan 2019. PHP 8 will be out by the end of the year.

#7

Can you test the following script using PHP 7.0?

<?php DECLARE(STRICT_TYPES=1); 
// REMOVE WHEN ONLINE
error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'true');


$id = "https://vimeo.com/297401184";
$id = 'https://vimeo.com/312001166';


function the_title( array $hash = [] )
{
  return '';
}

 // get fields
  $video_url = $id; // get_field('vimeo_url');      // example using ACF (works similar)
  $url_pieces = explode('/', $video_url);


if( preg_match('/https:\/\/(www\.)*vimeo\.com\/.*/', $video_url) ) 
{ 
    $id   = $url_pieces[3];
    $hash = unserialize( file_get_contents('http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/' . $id . '.php') );
    $thumbnail = $hash[0]['thumbnail_large'];
}    
 
?>

<!doctype html><html lang="en">
<head>
<title>  title goes here </title>
</head>
<body>

<h1> Title: <?= $id; ?> </h1>
<h2> Thumb: <?= $thumbnail; ?> </h2>
  <div style='display: none'>
  </div>
  <div>
    <a 
      class="videos-list--item popup-vimeo" 
      href="https://vimeo.com/312001166" 
      style="
        
        width: 320px; height: auto;

        display: inline-block; 
        min-width:320px; min-height:180px; 
        
        padding: 0em;
        background-color: red;  
        background-image:url('<?= $thumbnail; ?>');" 
        data-lity=""
      >
      <div class="video-title">
        Behind the Scenes –&nbsp;Titanfall 2
      </div>  
    </a>
  </div>
  <p> <br><br> SPACER <br><br> </p>

  <div class="col-sm-3">
    <a
      class="videos-list--item popup-vimeo" 
      href="<?php echo $video_url ?>" 
      style="
        display: inline-block; 
        min-width:640px; min-height:360px; 
        padding: 0em;
        background-color: green;  
        background-image:url('<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>');
        " 
        data-lity
      >
    </a>

    <p class="video-title">
      <?php $hash[0]['title'] # the_title(); ?>
    </p>

  </div>

<?php echo '<pre>'; var_dump($hash); echo '</pre>';

?>

</body></html>
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#8

They finally updated to PHP 7.4 and allowed “allow_url_fopen”.
I was also able to view the errors today.

Thank you gents.

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#9

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