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

v2.1(13y ago)235MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Nov 24Pushed 13y ago1 watchersCompare

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[](#youtubethumb-)

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

[Find YoutubeThumb on Packagist/Composer](https://packagist.org/packages/jyggen/youtubethumb)

Examples
--------

[](#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
----------------

[](#thumbnail-object)

### Static Methods

[](#static-methods)

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

### Methods

[](#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.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~47 days

Total

3

Last Release

4823d ago

Major Versions

v1.0 → v2.02012-11-30

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b1c2582c8226376516e4de2eb686627134a90b827c76481d725a27671c37879c?d=identicon)[jyggen](/maintainers/jyggen)

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Top Contributors

[![jyggen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/264300?v=4)](https://github.com/jyggen "jyggen (22 commits)")

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Tags

thumbnailimageyoutube

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