Question

I need to stream a media file from another server through this php file.

<?php
$out = array(
  'http'=>array(
    'method'=>"GET",
    'header'=>"Content-type: audio/mpeg\r\n", 
  )
);

$stream = stream_context_create($out);

$end = fopen('http://example.com/audio.mp3', 'r', false, $stream);
fpassthru($end);
readfile($end);
?>

But the header doesn’t work.
How can I fix this?

Answer 1

You are sending the header in the wrong direction. What you have done is informed the source server that you will be sending it some audio/mpeg in a GET request – which is invalid anyway, GET requests don’t have content. What you actually need to do is send it to the client who will be receiving the content.

You shouldn’t need the stream context for this task – try this code:

<?php

  // Try and open the remote stream
  if (!$stream = fopen('http://example.com/audio.mp3', 'r')) {
    // If opening failed, inform the client we have no content
    header('HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error');
    exit('Unable to open remote stream');
  }

  // It's probably an idea to remove the execution time limit - on Windows hosts
  // this could result in the audio stream cutting off mid-flow
  set_time_limit(0);

  // Inform the client we will be sending it some MPEG audio
  header('Content-Type: audio/mpeg');

  // Send the data
  fpassthru($stream);