How to read the first 100k of remote mp3 file?

[tony007]

Hi all . could any one show me how i can read the first 100 k of a remote mp3 file but not the whole file. i be happy if an expert show me how.Thanks

[The Hobo]

From the manual:

string fread ( resource handle, int length )

fread() reads up to length bytes from the file pointer referenced by handle. Reading stops when up to length bytes have been read, EOF (end of file) is reached, or (for network streams) when a packet becomes available, whichever comes first.

Use fopen(string filename, string mode), which returns a resource handle, to open the remote file (assuming that such a feature is enabled within your PHP).

$fp = fopen('http://remote/file.mp3', 'r');
$data = fread($fp, 100 * 1024); 

[tony007]

Many thanks for u reply. I am running php on my localhost server . How i know if it is enabled ? could u tell me how to enable it ?

Furthermore , how i can confirm that the partion of the file is downloaded?where it will be stored? The reason is that i want to use getId3 with that mp3 file and get its tag info.So i be happy if u tell me how i can refrence that partial downloaded file.Thanks

[Kasracer]

Many thanks for u reply. I am running php on my localhost server . How i know if it is enabled ? could u tell me how to enable it ?

Just test it and see. To enable it, you'd have to configure your PHP and if you don't know how to do that, you probably don't have access to do so.

Furthermore , how i can confirm that the partion of the file is downloaded?where it will be stored? The reason is that i want to use getId3 with that mp3 file and get its tag info.So i be happy if u tell me how i can refrence that partial downloaded file.Thanks

It's stored in $data...

[tony007]

Just test it and see. To enable it, you'd have to configure your PHP and if you don't know how to do that, you probably don't have access to do so.

It's stored in $data...

Thank u for u reply. I tried it now i get this error :


Warning: fopen(http://www.remotesite.com/song.mp3) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request in \getid3\remote3.php on line 5

Fatal error: Call to a member function analyze() on a non-object in \getid3\remote3.php on line 13



Bold parts are line 5 and 11

<?

if ($fp1 = fopen('http://www.remotesite.com/song.mp3', 'rb')) { 
  $tempname = tempnam('/tmp', 'foo'); 
  if ($fp2 = fopen($tempname, 'wb')) { 
    fwrite($fp2, fread($fp, 102400)); 
    fclose($fp2); 
  } 
  fclose($fp1); 
} 
$getID3->analyze($tempname);  line 13th



?>

I even tried this but i got error again:

<?
$fp = fopen('http://www.remoteserver.com/1.mp3', 'r'); 
$data = fread($fp, 100 * 1024); 

$getID3->analyze($data); 

?>

Error:

Warning: fopen(http://www.remoteserver.com/1.mp3 ) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request in \getid3\remote3.php on line 6

Warning: fread(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in \getid3\remote3.php on line 7

Fatal error: Call to a member function analyze() on a non-object in \getid3\remote3.php on line 9

I be happy if u let me know how to fix it.thanks