media player and php variables

[Bazzaah]

Hi

 

I'm building a site that contains access to some mp3 files of people speaking English.

 

I would like a media player that is able to handle a variable that results from a database search.

 

I can use  <a href etc> to link to the relevant file but would like to use a server-side player to stream the file, rather than the client's browser.

 

Something like Dewplayer would be perfect but it seems only to take a static file (maybe I'm wrong there).

 

The player appears within <object> tags, like this

 

<code>

echo '<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/player/dewplayer.swf" width="200" height="30" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer">';

echo '<param name="movie" value="/player/dewplayer.swf" />';

echo '<param name="flashvars" value="mp3=file.mp3" />';

echo '<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />';

echo '</object>';

</code>

 

(the code is freely downloadable so hope I'm not breaking any rules posting someone else's code here).

 

Is there a way I can specify a variable in value? If not, does anyone know of a player that I can use that does allow that?

 

Grateful for any help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

[bschultz]

<code>

echo '<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/player/dewplayer.swf" width="200" height="30" id="dewplayer" name="dewplayer">';

echo '<param name="movie" value="/player/dewplayer.swf" />';

echo '<param name="flashvars" value="mp3=<?php echo $file; ?>" />';

echo '<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />';

echo '</object>';

</code>

[Bazzaah]

Thanks for that - unfortunately the code generates a parse error i.e.

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';'

 

Any ideas?

[BlueSkyIS]

when posting an error, it is best to include the entire error, especially the line number. but taking a look at the code, this should be:

 

echo '<param name="flashvars" value="mp3='.$file.'" />';

 

or the way I prefer to do it, using single quotes within tags:

 

echo "<param name='flashvars' value='mp3=$file' />";

[Bazzaah]

Thanks! I needed to use the first option but all is now well.

 

Really appreciated - thanks again!

 

[Bazzaah]

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