android - Uploading an audio recording to mysql and playing in website

Question

I have an upload phone app that uploads either images or audio recordings. The image can be uploaded to a mysql database and displayed no problem in a webpage, The problem i am having is playing the audio on the webpage, i have tested the webpage by playing mp3 files i have placed in the database myself though the webpage. When i upload an mp3 file from the phone or emulator nothing plays. The database is populated with a file size and on the webpage a media player does load, but nothing plays

Edit 1 Since writing this i have learnt that android records in .amr files and not .mp3 which i had been creating the file as. Since then i can play the file on my desktop using either quicktime or real player. When i attempt to play the file through a web browser i get a quicktime logo with a question mark in the middle. Below is my code for playing the file.

header('Content-type: audio/amr');

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM media WHERE media_id= '$idd'"); 

$row = mysql_fetch_array($query); 

echo $row['file'];

Embed code where 110 is $idd in the above

<object data="sound.php?id=110 width='391' height='298'"> <embed src='sound.php' width='391' height='298'></embed>'ERROR' </object>

Edit 2

If i put the same file directly on my server and NOT in the database this code downloads the file

<OBJECT classid='clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B' width="100" height="100"codebase='http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab'>
<param name='src' value="apr.amr">
<param name='autoplay' value="true">
<param name='controller' value="true">
<param name='loop' value="true">
<EMBED src="apr.amr" width="100" height="100" autoplay="true" controller="true" loop="true" pluginspage='http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/'>
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Edit 3 upload code

if (isset($_FILES['image']) && $_FILES['image']['size'] > 0) { 

      $size = $_FILES['image']['size'];
      $type = $_FILES['image']['type'];

      // Temporary file name stored on the server
      $tmpName  = $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'];  

      // Read the file 
      $fp      = fopen($tmpName, 'r');
      $data = fread($fp, filesize($tmpName));
      fclose($fp);

      $data = addslashes($data);

      // Create the query and insert
      // into our database.
      $query = "INSERT INTO media";
      $query .= "(file, file_size, file_type) VALUES ('$data','$size','$type')";
      $results = mysql_query($query, $link);

      $mediaid = mysql_insert_id();

    $gender = $_POST['gender'];
    $cat_id = $_POST['cat'];
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $lat = $_POST['lat'];
    $lon = $_POST['lon'];
    $user = $_POST['user'];


  $query="INSERT INTO instance (name, gender, cat_id, lon, lat, user_id) VALUES ('$name', '$gender', '$cat_id', '$lon', '$lat', '$user')";
  $result=mysql_query($query);


      $instanceid = mysql_insert_id();

      $query4 = "INSERT INTO media_link";
      $query4 .="(media_id, instance_id) Values ('$mediaid','$instanceid')";
      $results4 = mysql_query($query4, $link);

    }

// Close our MySQL Link
mysql_close($link);
?>

Answer 1

Yes.

// Get the file contents from the database...

// Assuming a DB wrapper here.
$results = $db->query('SELECT `file_contents` FROM `mp3s` WHERE `id` = :id', array(':id' => $_GET['id'])->execute();
$fileContents = $results[0]['file_contents'];

// Send appropriate headers for content type and force download
header('Content-Type: mpeg/audio');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="BullsOnPowerade.mp3"')
echo $fileContents;