Thread: Song of the Day

Originally posted by PoBoy
Anyone got something like this set up? How would you verify that it is actually an mp3, wav, etc. file being submitted?

PoBoy

Really easy to do in php.

It could make sure it's a .mp3, but not that they didn't rename a garbage file to .mp3 or something.

When you want to do it, just ask me on aim or icq, I'll help you.

Thats what I figured. I was planning do it in PHP or ASP. But like you said and what I was wondering...there is no way to check if someone just renamed a garbage file as a .mp3 .

Thanks for the help, Ill give you a lookup when I get back to school. Im just getting the hang of PHP and just started working with MySQL. Anyone pick up a good book on MySQL and PHP for W2K Server?

PoBoy

there is a very easy way to check if a .mp3 file is a real mp3, simply readout the id3tag, and see if the 30 characters for the title are all "real" letters and not just random bytes..

Soil - Halo

Originally posted by marsjell
there is a very easy way to check if a .mp3 file is a real mp3, simply readout the id3tag, and see if the 30 characters for the title are all "real" letters and not just random bytes..

That only works if you are using ID3 tags.. also.. if it's in an asian language you might not interpret it as "'real' letters"