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regex for preg_replace to delete whatever html tags contain .youtube. in src

regex for preg_replace to delete whatever html tags contain .youtube. (includes the 2 dots) in src.
No matter it is iframe, embed or object.
For <object> tag, the src may even in a <param> tag
Also, the tag could be separated into multiple lines un-ideally with tabs mixed. e.g.
<iframe src="http://www.YouTuBe.coM/embed/somevideo"
                        frameborder="0"
   height='150' width="200">
</iframe>

Thank you very much for all the help!
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What is the output you would expect after processing this string?

<iframe src="http://www.YouTuBe.coM/embed/somevideo"
                        frameborder="0"
   height='150' width="200">
</iframe>
It would also be helpful to us if you would post examples of the before-and-after conditions.  Show us what to expect inside a string that looks like what you will be working with.  Given some good test data and the desired output(s) we can probably be very helpful, too!
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Hi Ray,

I would like to complete delete the whole tag.
It is used in Wordpress so the tags should be already balanced. Since the user can edit it freely in code mode when composing a post, I expected they could enter the code upper and lower case mixed / using double/single or even no quotes for the attributes.

However, I don't what other attributes are there. I just see it as a case insensitive string ".youtube." exist between < and >

Hope this helps.
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Note it won't work though when the src is in a separate tag, such as what you describe with an object tag. Can you provide an example of how that might look? We might need to pick those cases up separately.
Yeah, it all comes back to the quality of the test data.

It would also be helpful to us if you would post examples of the before-and-after conditions.

Make these as close as possible to the real thing - a collection of cut-and-paste strings from the original HTML would be best.  We might be able to do something with REGEX, but in my experience using REGEX to parse HTML can quickly become a fools errand.  Even well-formed HTML sometimes requires a state engine.
Hi Terry and Ray,

I've finally figured out that the formatting and balance procedure of wordpress will result in double quoted attributes only. Terry is correct to filter only double quotes (src\s*=\s*"[^"]*\.youtube\.[^"]*")!!

It also limited the use of old style embed format such as,
<object width="320" height="264">
  <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/(id)"></param>
  <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param>
  <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/(id)" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed>
</object>

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as it will produce malformatted code after the formatting and balance procedure.
So, I used code like,

<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/(id)" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="350" width="425"></embed>

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0(id)" frameborder="0" height="360" width="480"></iframe>

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Terry's solution works perfectly!!

Finally, I've extended the regex a bit to become
$pre_regex = '#<\s*([^>\s]+)[^>]*\s(data|movie|src|value)\s*=\s*"[^"]*\.(youtube|tudou)\.[^"]*"[^>]*>.*?</\1>#is';

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 to use on the object tag and to filter other sites. Such as,

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width: 480px; height: 360px" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/(id)"></object>

<embed src="http://www.TUDOU.com/v/(id)/v.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="opaque" height="400" width="480"></embed>

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All works!!
Thank you very much for your time :)
You saved my day!
A finally note to others,

As Wordpress limited the use of old style embed code, the case that src/data is in a separate tag does not need to be considered.