Question

I need to get the url for the artists track from the mysql databse for it to be played through jplayer. I achieved it with the normal html audio controls but cannot do it with jplayer as the audio source is entered in javascript.

Here’s how i achieved it with the html player;

<?php 
include ("../database.php");

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM tracks WHERE artistname='$artistname'");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){



?> 
<br><br>
<audio controls="controls" height="50px" width="100px">
  <source src=<?php echo  $row['trackurl'] ?> type="audio/mp3" />
<embed height="50px" width="100px" src="song.mp3" />
</audio>

<?php } <?

Heres the javascript for jplayer:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#jquery_jplayer_1").jPlayer({
    ready: function () {
      $(this).jPlayer("setMedia", {
        mp3: "http://localhost/uploads/dde85d7907e516545ba0860ef1ac23f2.mp3"
      });
    },
    swfPath: "../jplayer",
    supplied: "mp3"
  });
});

The url from the mysql databse needs to go where it says:
mp3: “http://localhost/uploads/dde85d7907e516545ba0860ef1ac23f2.mp3”

Answer 1

You can use AJAX to get the the value and pass it to the jPlayer