# Php app video not playing in video player but plays in chrome browser

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**Created:** [August 26, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-app-video-not-playing-in-video-player-but-plays-in-chrome-browser/65446 "2022-08-26T03:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-app-video-not-playing-in-video-player-but-plays-in-chrome-browser/65446/5 "2022-08-26T06:55:37Z")

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> [@anon58958304](#):
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> php api redirect to video URL which can be played via browser.

Unlikely to work due to this

> [@Ensuring only web browsers can access your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353):
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> InfinityFree is a website hosting service. That means that the hosting accounts we provided are intended for hosting websites. Websites contain pages that are accessed through web browsers. InfinityFree is not intended to be used for file sharing, API hosting, database hosting or background tasks/tools. To help enforce this, free hosting enforces a security system that makes sure that anyone trying to access your website is using a normal web browser. This is done by checking whether the web br…

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