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

[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);