Can you post an example of what you have stored in $vidlect? If it's simply the URL to a youtube video you won't be able to view it on the page. To embed a youtube video you need the 'embed' code, which includes the flash player etc:

<object width="425" height="344">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GwQMnpUsj8I&hl=en&
+fs=1">
</param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true">
</param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
</param><embed src=http://www.youtube.com/v/GwQMnpUsj8I&hl=en&fs=1 
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowf
+ullscreen="true" width="425" height="344">
</embed></object>

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Update: confised size and maxlength. OP has updated their post

In reply to Re: Displaying Youtube Video by marto
in thread Displaying Youtube Video (Resolved) by Tsalagi_4

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