PHP Function to get MP3 duration

Question

Is there any PHP function that will give me the MP3 duration. I looked at ID 3 function but i don\'t see any thing there for duration and apart from this,id3 is some kind of

Answer 1

You can get the duration of an mp3 or many other audio/video files by using ffmpeg.

1. Install ffmpeg in your server.

2. Make sure that php shell_exec is not restricted in your php.

       // Discriminate only the audio/video files you want
       if(preg_match('/[^?#]+\.(?:wma|mp3|wav|mp4)/', strtolower($file))){
           $filepath = /* your file path */;
           // execute ffmpeg form linux shell and grab duration from output
           $result = shell_exec("ffmpeg -i ".$filepath.' 2>&1 | grep -o \'Duration: [0-9:.]*\'');
           $duration = str_replace('Duration: ', '', $result); // 00:05:03.25
   
           //get the duration in seconds
           $timeArr = preg_split('/:/', str_replace('s', '', $duration[0]));
           $t = $this->_times[$file] = (($timeArr[3])? $timeArr[3]*1 + $timeArr[2] * 60 + $timeArr[1] * 60 * 60 : $timeArr[2] + $timeArr[1] * 60)*1000;
   
       }