---
title: "Using PHP as a (Terrible) Video Player"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/using-php-as-a-terrible-video-player-tq6mijhkn
source_url: https://freek.dev/2836-using-php-as-a-terrible-video-player
type: article
source: "FREEK.DEV"
published: 2025-03-31T12:43:52.934Z
updated: 2025-03-31T12:44:03.133Z
tags: ["webdev", "php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 34
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# Using PHP as a (Terrible) Video Player

**[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 34 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

Using PHP to create a video player is not recommended due to its limitations, but it can still be a fun project. The author shares programming tips, tutorials, opinions, and insights with a focus on PHP and Laravel through a monthly newsletter.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://freek.dev/2836-using-php-as-a-terrible-video-player>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@tediswift** · 0 upvotes

> Awesome idea! Kinda looks like the code in the Matrix movies hehe

**@djariss** · 0 upvotes

> cool...

**@jamiecarl** · 0 upvotes

> Yes, that is very cool.

**@zyrab** · 0 upvotes

> well. this is amazing

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