I have a php script that streams an mp3 file to the browser. I was wondering if there was a way for the browser to cache the song once played and then if not, then stream the file. I have included the function that I use to stream the mp3 files. As well as the HTML in how I implement the php script. I use a .htaccess file to get the ID of the song and then stream that based one what song it is in a database. I was imaging something to do with 304 headers correct? If anyone could possibly guide me? Thanks.
PHP:
private function send_file($file, $name, $contenttype = "application/octet-stream") {
// Make sure the files exists, otherwise we are wasting our time
if (!file_exists($file)) {
error_log('file not found');
header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");
exit;
}
// Get the 'Range' header if one was sent
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) $range = $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE']; // IIS/Some Apache versions
else if ($apache = apache_request_headers()) { // Try Apache again
$headers = array();
foreach ($apache as $header => $val) $headers[strtolower($header)] = $val;
if (isset($headers['range'])) $range = $headers['range'];
else $range = FALSE; // We can't get the header/there isn't one set
} else $range = FALSE; // We can't get the header/there isn't one set
// Get the data range requested (if any)
$filesize = filesize($file);
if ($range) {
$partial = true;
list($param,$range) = explode('=',$range);
if (strtolower(trim($param)) != 'bytes') { // Bad request - range unit is not 'bytes'
error_log('range unit not in bytes');
header("HTTP/1.1 400 Invalid Request");
exit;
}
$range = explode(',',$range);
$range = explode('-',$range[0]); // We only deal with the first requested range
if (count($range) != 2) { // Bad request - 'bytes' parameter is not valid
error_log('bytes range parameter is not valid');
header("HTTP/1.1 400 Invalid Request");
exit;
}
if ($range[0] === '') { // First number missing, return last $range[1] bytes
$end = $filesize - 1;
$start = $end - intval($range[0]);
} else if ($range[1] === '') { // Second number missing, return from byte $range[0] to end
$start = intval($range[0]);
$end = $filesize - 1;
} else { // Both numbers present, return specific range
$start = intval($range[0]);
$end = intval($range[1]);
if ($end >= $filesize || (!$start && (!$end || $end == ($filesize - 1)))) $partial = false; // Invalid range/whole file specified, return whole file
}
$length = $end - $start + 1;
} else $partial = false; // No range requested
// Send standard headers
header("Content-Type: $contenttype");
header("Content-Length: $filesize");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$name.'.mp3"');
header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
// if requested, send extra headers and part of file...
if ($partial) {
header('HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content');
header("Content-Range: bytes $start-$end/$filesize");
if (!$fp = fopen($file, 'r')) { // Error out if we can't read the file
error_log('can\'t read the file');
header("HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error");
exit;
}
if ($start) fseek($fp,$start);
while ($length) { // Read in blocks of 8KB so we don't chew up memory on the server
$read = ($length > 8192) ? 8192 : $length;
$length -= $read;
print(fread($fp,$read));
}
fclose($fp);
} else readfile($file); // ...otherwise just send the whole file
// Exit here to avoid accidentally sending extra content on the end of the file
exit;
}
HTML:
<audio src="/media/play/12345" loop />