read mp3 stream and echo back to client in php

Question

What I intend to achieve, is a page that when a client is to connect, the page is to constantly read from a local ice-cast server (http://127.0.0.1:8000/stream.mp3)

Answer 1

file_get_contents attempts to read a stream up to the end, and since you're trying to read from a broadcast server there will be no end.

If HTML5 is an option, the following may work.

<audio autoplay>
  <source src="http://127.0.0.1:443/stream.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">      
</audio>

Alternative solution:

<?php
ob_start();
header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary"); 
header("Content-Type: audio/mpeg, audio/x-mpeg, audio/x-mpeg-3, audio/mpeg3");
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="stream.mp3"');
header('X-Pad: avoid browser bug');
header('Cache-Control: no-cache');
$handle = fopen("http://127.0.0.1:443/stream.mp3");

while (($data = fread($handle, $bufferSize)) { //Buffer size needs to be large enough to not break audio up while getting the next part
      echo $data;
      ob_flush();
      flush();
      set_time_limit(30); // Reset the script execution time to prevent timeouts since this page will probably never terminate. 
}