View Count from PHP function works, but sometimes it appears blank, How can I fix this?

[asiek]

Every once in awhile I visit my blog page and the View Count for videos are blank…
I then refresh the page multiple times and all of the sudden View Count will appear again.
I don’t understand what is happening…

[asiek]

@AlenAbdula No the issue wasn’t resolved :/

[asiek]

I used this PHP Function//

$video_ID = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'v_id', true);

$JSON = file_get_contents("https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/{$video_ID}?v=2&alt=json");

$JSON_Data = json_decode($JSON);

$views = $JSON_Data->{'entry'}->{'yt$statistics'}->{'viewCount'};

echo $views; ?>

Could it have something to do with Youtube rather than the function I used or what? Any ideas/solutions?

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