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<?php
/**
* Description of VideoStream
*
* @author Rana
* @link http://codesamplez.com/programming/php-html5-video-streaming-tutorial
*/
class VideoStream
{
private $path = "";
private $stream = "";
private $buffer = 102400;
private $start = -1;
private $end = -1;
private $size = 0;
function __construct($filePath)
{
$this->path = $filePath;
}
/**
* Open stream
*/
private function open()
{
if (!($this->stream = fopen($this->path, 'rb'))) {
die('Could not open stream for reading');
}
}
/**
* Set proper header to serve the video content
*/
private function setHeader()
{
ob_get_clean();
header("Content-Type: video/mp4");
header("Cache-Control: max-age=2592000, public");
header("Expires: ".gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', time()+2592000) . ' GMT');
header("Last-Modified: ".gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s', @filemtime($this->path)) . ' GMT' );
$this->start = 0;
$this->size = filesize($this->path);
$this->end = $this->size - 1;
header("Accept-Ranges: 0-".$this->end);
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
$c_start = $this->start;
$c_end = $this->end;
list(, $range) = explode('=', $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'], 2);
if (strpos($range, ',') !== false) {
header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
header("Content-Range: bytes $this->start-$this->end/$this->size");
exit;
}
if ($range == '-') {
$c_start = $this->size - substr($range, 1);
}else{
$range = explode('-', $range);
$c_start = $range[0];
$c_end = (isset($range[1]) && is_numeric($range[1])) ? $range[1] : $c_end;
}
$c_end = ($c_end > $this->end) ? $this->end : $c_end;
if ($c_start > $c_end || $c_start > $this->size - 1 || $c_end >= $this->size) {
header('HTTP/1.1 416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable');
header("Content-Range: bytes $this->start-$this->end/$this->size");
exit;
}
$this->start = $c_start;
$this->end = $c_end;
$length = $this->end - $this->start + 1;
fseek($this->stream, $this->start);
header('HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content');
header("Content-Length: ".$length);
header("Content-Range: bytes $this->start-$this->end/".$this->size);
}
else
{
header("Content-Length: ".$this->size);
}
}
/**
* close curretly opened stream
*/
private function end()
{
fclose($this->stream);
exit;
}
/**
* perform the streaming of calculated range
*/
private function stream()
{
$i = $this->start;
set_time_limit(0);
while(!feof($this->stream) && $i <= $this->end) {
$bytesToRead = $this->buffer;
if(($i+$bytesToRead) > $this->end) {
$bytesToRead = $this->end - $i + 1;
}
$data = fread($this->stream, $bytesToRead);
echo $data;
flush();
$i += $bytesToRead;
}
}
/**
* Start streaming video content
*/
function start()
{
$this->open();
$this->setHeader();
$this->stream();
$this->end();
}
}
@MohammedAl-Mahdawi
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Thank you

@andruxnet
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This doesn't work with .mov videos, does it?

@bobper
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bobper commented Aug 9, 2017

this is not working for me
http://sargar.ir/learning/film/19

@AlexandrBabich
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AlexandrBabich commented Oct 13, 2017

Hello guys. I had same error in IE11. To solve this issue you need add header("Accept-Ranges: bytes"); after 83 string.
This header is important for IE browsers.

@chrispito
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Thank you very much!!!!!!

@Smruti325
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thanks

@MMTE
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MMTE commented Mar 9, 2020

Thanks so much.
I used that in my project.
working perfectly

@belltzel
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Thank you! It was very helpful! !!

@chintanbawa
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Thank you so much. It helped me alot.

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