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PHP WAVE file reader / parser
<?php
/**
* WaveFileReader; a simple class to read/parse WAVE file
* (c)2012 Rob Janssen / https://github.com/RobThree
*
* Based on https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/422/projects/WaveFormat/
*
* USAGE:
*
* $wav = WaveFileReader::ReadFile('/path/to/test.wav');
* var_dump($wav);
* var_dump(WaveFileReader::GetAudioFormat($wav['subchunk1']['audioformat']));
*/
class WaveFileReader {
private static $HEADER_LENGTH = 44; //Header size is at least 44 bytes (and possibly more...)
/**
* ReadFile reads the headers (and optionally the data) from a wave file
*
* @param string $filename The wave file to read the header from
* @param bool $readdata (OPTIONAL) Pass TRUE to read the actual audio data from the file; defaults to FALSE
*
* @return mixed Information parsed from the file; FALSE when file doesn't exists or not readable
*/
public static function ReadFile($filename, $readdata = false) {
//Make sure file is readable and exists
if (is_readable($filename)) {
$filesize = filesize($filename);
//Make sure filesize is sane; e.g. at least the headers should be able to fit in it
if ($filesize<self::$HEADER_LENGTH)
return false;
//Read the header and stuff all info in an array
$handle = fopen($filename, 'rb');
$riff = array(
'chunkid' => self::readString($handle, 4),
'chunksize' => self::readLong($handle),
'format' => self::readString($handle, 4)
);
$fmt = array(
'id' => self::readString($handle, 4),
'size' => self::readLong($handle),
'audioformat' => self::readWord($handle),
'numchannels' => self::readWord($handle),
'samplerate' => self::readLong($handle),
'byterate' => self::readLong($handle),
'blockalign' => self::readWord($handle),
'bitspersample' => self::readWord($handle),
'extraparamsize'=> 0,
'extraparams' => null
);
if ($fmt['audioformat'] != 1) { //NON-PCM?
$fmt['extraparamsize'] = self::readWord($handle);
$fmt['extraparams'] = self::readString($handle, $fmt['extraparamsize']);
}
$data = array(
'id' => self::readString($handle, 4),
'size' => self::readLong($handle),
'data' => null
);
//Do we need to read the data and, if so, does the specified size in subchunk2 match the actual size?
$totalhdrssize = self::$HEADER_LENGTH + $fmt['extraparamsize'];
if ($readdata && ($filesize - $totalhdrssize) == $data['size'])
$data['data'] = fread($handle, $filesize - $totalhdrssize);
//...aaaaand we're done!
fclose($handle);
//Do some checks...
if (($fmt['numchannels'] * $fmt['samplerate'] * floor($fmt['bitspersample'] / 8)) != $fmt['byterate'])
throw new Exception('Byterate field mismatch');
if (($fmt['numchannels'] * floor($fmt['bitspersample'] / 8)) != $fmt['blockalign'])
throw new Exception('Blockalign field mismatch');
if ($riff['chunkid'] != 'RIFF')
throw new Exception('RIFF chunk ID invalid');
if ($fmt['id'] != 'fmt ')
throw new Exception('SubChunk1 chunk ID invalid');
if ($data['id'] != 'data')
throw new Exception('SubChunk2 chunk ID invalid');
return array('header' => $riff, 'subchunk1' => $fmt, 'subchunk2' => $data);
}
//File is not readable or doesn't exist
return false;
}
/**
* Returns a string representation of an audioformat "id"
*
* @param int $audiofmtid The audioformat "id" to get the string representation of
*
* @return string The audioformat as a string (e.g. "PCM", "ALAW", "ULAW", ...), NULL when an
* unknown audioformat "id" is passed
*/
public static function GetAudioFormat($audiofmtid) {
switch($audiofmtid) {
case 1:
return 'PCM';
case 2:
return 'Microsoft ADPCM';
case 6:
return 'ITU G.711 a-law';
case 7:
return 'ITU G.711 µ-law';
case 17:
return 'IMA ADPCM';
case 20:
return 'ITU G.723 ADPCM (Yamaha)';
case 49:
return 'GSM 6.10';
case 64:
return 'ITU G.721 ADPCM';
case 80:
return 'MPEG';
case 65536:
return 'Experimental';
default:
return null;
}
}
/**
* Reads a string from the specified file handle
*
* @param int $handle The filehandle to read the string from
* @param int $length The number of bytes to read
*
* @return string The string read from the file
*/
private static function readString($handle, $length) {
return self::readUnpacked($handle, 'a*', $length);
}
/**
* Reads a 32bit unsigned integer from the specified file handle
*
* @param int $handle The filehandle to read the 32bit unsigned integer from
*
* @return int The 32bit unsigned integer read from the file
*/
private static function readLong($handle) {
return self::readUnpacked($handle, 'V', 4);
}
/**
* Reads a 16bit unsigned integer from the specified file handle
*
* @param int $handle The filehandle to read the 16bit unsigned integer from
*
* @return int The 16bit unsigned integer read from the file
*/
private static function readWord($handle) {
return self::readUnpacked($handle, 'v', 2);
}
/**
* Reads the specified number of bytes from a specified file handle and unpacks it accoring to the specified type
*
* @param int $handle The filehandle to read the data from
* @param int $type The type of data being read (see PHP's Pack() documentation)
* @param int $length The number of bytes to read
*
* @return mixed The unpacked data read from the file
*/
private static function readUnpacked($handle, $type, $length) {
$r = unpack($type, fread($handle, $length));
return array_pop($r);
}
}
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