PHP Function to get MP3 duration

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 tag,which will not be there in all MP3 so using this will not make any sense.

This should work for you, notice the getduration function: http://www.zedwood.com/article/127/php-calculate-duration-of-mp3

Install getid3, but if you only need duration, you can delete all but these modules:

• module.audio.mp3.php
• module.tag.id3v1.php
• module.tag.apetag.php
• module.tag.id3v2.php

Access the duration with code like this:

$getID3 = new getID3;
$ThisFileInfo = $getID3->analyze($pathName);
$len= @$ThisFileInfo['playtime_string']; // playtime in minutes:seconds, formatted string

Get it at Sourceforge

I have passed so many time, but without getID3 (http://getid3.sourceforge.net/) to get duration of audio file not possible.

1) First download library of getID3 using below link:

 https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/archive/master.zip

2) Try this below code:

    <?php
       include("getid3/getid3.php");
       $filename = 'bcd4ecc6bf521da9b9a2d8b9616d1505.wav';
       $getID3 = new getID3;
       $file = $getID3->analyze($filename);
       $playtime_seconds = $file['playtime_seconds'];
       echo gmdate("H:i:s", $playtime_seconds);
    ?>

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;
   
       }
   

<?php
class MP3File
{
protected $filename;
public function __construct($filename)
{
    $this->filename = $filename;
}

public static function formatTime($duration) //as hh:mm:ss
{
    //return sprintf("%d:%02d", $duration/60, $duration%60);
    $hours = floor($duration / 3600);
    $minutes = floor( ($duration - ($hours * 3600)) / 60);
    $seconds = $duration - ($hours * 3600) - ($minutes * 60);
    return sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", $hours, $minutes, $seconds);
}

//Read first mp3 frame only...  use for CBR constant bit rate MP3s
public function getDurationEstimate()
{
    return $this->getDuration($use_cbr_estimate=true);
}

//Read entire file, frame by frame... ie: Variable Bit Rate (VBR)
public function getDuration($use_cbr_estimate=false)
{
    $fd = fopen($this->filename, "rb");

    $duration=0;
    $block = fread($fd, 100);
    $offset = $this->skipID3v2Tag($block);
    fseek($fd, $offset, SEEK_SET);
    while (!feof($fd))
    {
        $block = fread($fd, 10);
        if (strlen($block)<10) { break; }
        //looking for 1111 1111 111 (frame synchronization bits)
        else if ($block[0]=="\xff" && (ord($block[1])&0xe0) )
        {
            $info = self::parseFrameHeader(substr($block, 0, 4));
            if (empty($info['Framesize'])) { return $duration; } //some corrupt mp3 files
            fseek($fd, $info['Framesize']-10, SEEK_CUR);
            $duration += ( $info['Samples'] / $info['Sampling Rate'] );
        }
        else if (substr($block, 0, 3)=='TAG')
        {
            fseek($fd, 128-10, SEEK_CUR);//skip over id3v1 tag size
        }
        else
        {
            fseek($fd, -9, SEEK_CUR);
        }
        if ($use_cbr_estimate && !empty($info))
        { 
            return $this->estimateDuration($info['Bitrate'],$offset); 
        }
    }
    return round($duration);
}

private function estimateDuration($bitrate,$offset)
{
    $kbps = ($bitrate*1000)/8;
    $datasize = filesize($this->filename) - $offset;
    return round($datasize / $kbps);
}

private function skipID3v2Tag(&$block)
{
    if (substr($block, 0,3)=="ID3")
    {
        $id3v2_major_version = ord($block[3]);
        $id3v2_minor_version = ord($block[4]);
        $id3v2_flags = ord($block[5]);
        $flag_unsynchronisation  = $id3v2_flags & 0x80 ? 1 : 0;
        $flag_extended_header    = $id3v2_flags & 0x40 ? 1 : 0;
        $flag_experimental_ind   = $id3v2_flags & 0x20 ? 1 : 0;
        $flag_footer_present     = $id3v2_flags & 0x10 ? 1 : 0;
        $z0 = ord($block[6]);
        $z1 = ord($block[7]);
        $z2 = ord($block[8]);
        $z3 = ord($block[9]);
        if ( (($z0&0x80)==0) && (($z1&0x80)==0) && (($z2&0x80)==0) && (($z3&0x80)==0) )
        {
            $header_size = 10;
            $tag_size = (($z0&0x7f) * 2097152) + (($z1&0x7f) * 16384) + (($z2&0x7f) * 128) + ($z3&0x7f);
            $footer_size = $flag_footer_present ? 10 : 0;
            return $header_size + $tag_size + $footer_size;//bytes to skip
        }
    }
    return 0;
}

public static function parseFrameHeader($fourbytes)
{
    static $versions = array(
        0x0=>'2.5',0x1=>'x',0x2=>'2',0x3=>'1', // x=>'reserved'
    );
    static $layers = array(
        0x0=>'x',0x1=>'3',0x2=>'2',0x3=>'1', // x=>'reserved'
    );
    static $bitrates = array(
        'V1L1'=>array(0,32,64,96,128,160,192,224,256,288,320,352,384,416,448),
        'V1L2'=>array(0,32,48,56, 64, 80, 96,112,128,160,192,224,256,320,384),
        'V1L3'=>array(0,32,40,48, 56, 64, 80, 96,112,128,160,192,224,256,320),
        'V2L1'=>array(0,32,48,56, 64, 80, 96,112,128,144,160,176,192,224,256),
        'V2L2'=>array(0, 8,16,24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96,112,128,144,160),
        'V2L3'=>array(0, 8,16,24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96,112,128,144,160),
    );
    static $sample_rates = array(
        '1'   => array(44100,48000,32000),
        '2'   => array(22050,24000,16000),
        '2.5' => array(11025,12000, 8000),
    );
    static $samples = array(
        1 => array( 1 => 384, 2 =>1152, 3 =>1152, ), //MPEGv1,     Layers 1,2,3
        2 => array( 1 => 384, 2 =>1152, 3 => 576, ), //MPEGv2/2.5, Layers 1,2,3
    );
    //$b0=ord($fourbytes[0]);//will always be 0xff
    $b1=ord($fourbytes[1]);
    $b2=ord($fourbytes[2]);
    $b3=ord($fourbytes[3]);

    $version_bits = ($b1 & 0x18) >> 3;
    $version = $versions[$version_bits];
    $simple_version =  ($version=='2.5' ? 2 : $version);

    $layer_bits = ($b1 & 0x06) >> 1;
    $layer = $layers[$layer_bits];

    $protection_bit = ($b1 & 0x01);
    $bitrate_key = sprintf('V%dL%d', $simple_version , $layer);
    $bitrate_idx = ($b2 & 0xf0) >> 4;
    $bitrate = isset($bitrates[$bitrate_key][$bitrate_idx]) ? $bitrates[$bitrate_key][$bitrate_idx] : 0;

    $sample_rate_idx = ($b2 & 0x0c) >> 2;//0xc => b1100
    $sample_rate = isset($sample_rates[$version][$sample_rate_idx]) ? $sample_rates[$version][$sample_rate_idx] : 0;
    $padding_bit = ($b2 & 0x02) >> 1;
    $private_bit = ($b2 & 0x01);
    $channel_mode_bits = ($b3 & 0xc0) >> 6;
    $mode_extension_bits = ($b3 & 0x30) >> 4;
    $copyright_bit = ($b3 & 0x08) >> 3;
    $original_bit = ($b3 & 0x04) >> 2;
    $emphasis = ($b3 & 0x03);

    $info = array();
    $info['Version'] = $version;//MPEGVersion
    $info['Layer'] = $layer;
    //$info['Protection Bit'] = $protection_bit; //0=> protected by 2 byte CRC, 1=>not protected
    $info['Bitrate'] = $bitrate;
    $info['Sampling Rate'] = $sample_rate;
    $info['Framesize'] = self::framesize($layer, $bitrate, $sample_rate, $padding_bit);
    $info['Samples'] = $samples[$simple_version][$layer];
    return $info;
}

private static function framesize($layer, $bitrate,$sample_rate,$padding_bit)
{
    if ($layer==1)
        return intval(((12 * $bitrate*1000 /$sample_rate) + $padding_bit) * 4);
    else //layer 2, 3
        return intval(((144 * $bitrate*1000)/$sample_rate) + $padding_bit);
}
}
?>
<?php
$mp3file = new MP3File("Chal_Halke.mp3");//http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510282
$duration1 = $mp3file->getDurationEstimate();//(faster) for CBR only
$duration2 = $mp3file->getDuration();//(slower) for VBR (or CBR)
echo "duration: $duration1 seconds"."\n";

?>