Opening .php files..

[Cozak]

Well I found a website with dubs for music and tried to get some but the files are .php and seem pretty small for a dubplate, I have tried pretty much everything on my comp to open them but no luck. I was wondering if you guys could help me out here? What do I need to open these and listen to em'?! Cheers

 

[LordjOX]

php files are dynamic html, server side scripts and not used to play music or anything. You can open a .php file with notepad or equivalent to see the code (mostly just plain html since you have to grab from the server or have access to the server to see the actual php code)

My guess is that you downloaded a download script or similar by mistake. Read more about php here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Php

 

[Cozak]

Ahhh thanks mate il look round the site a bit more for some links http://www.dnbmassive.com/dubplates/ - Theres the site has small realplayer tags beside it could be a clue

 

[LordjOX]

It seems to me that the webdeveloper there made a poopie, mayhap you need some special program to read the php file as-is. But I think he meant for the browser to redirect to that file instead of downloading it.

However, when opening one of the dubplate_smil.php files, the markup says as follows (important bit):

example was ZULU DAWN (PROTOTYPE MIX) by DOC SCOTT ( some random song )

snip

<par endsync="id(track)">
<textstream src="http://www.dnbmassive.com/dubplate_rt.php?op=track&track_id=1140" region="trackinfo" fill="freeze"/>
<textstream src="http://www.dnbmassive.com/dubplate_rt.php?op=comments&track_id=1140" region="comments" fill="freeze"/>
<audio src = "http://www.dnbmassive.com/audio/Doc_Scott-Zulu_Dawn_Prototype_Mix.mp3" id="track"/>
<img src = "http://www.dnbmassive.com/images/dnbm-smil-logo.gif"
id = "logo"
region = "dnbmassivelogo"
fill = "freeze"/>
</par>

snip

The important bit:
http://www.dnbmassive.com/audio/Doc_Scott-Zulu_Dawn_Prototype_Mix.mp3

Copy that into your browser address field and you should get the working mp3 file, unsure if that's what you want since I've no idea what this dubplate is. You can do the similar with all files, just use notepad or similar to open them.

 

[Cozak]

Nice one thanks m8