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  phpShout - http://phpshout.sourceforge.net/
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phpShout is an extension to the PHP Hypertext Preprocessor [http://php.net]
that provides native functions for accessing the libshout library.  From
libshout's README:

  Libshout is a library for communicating with and sending data to an
  icecast server.  It handles the socket connection, the timing of the
  data, and prevents bad data from getting to the icecast server.

  With just a few lines of code, a programmer can easily turn any application
  into a streaming source for an icecast server.  Libshout also allows
  developers who want a specific feature set (database access, request taking)
  to concentrate on that feature set, instead of worrying about how server
  communication works.

Like libshout, phpShout allows PHP developers to concentrate on developing
other features in their application, without worrying about the low-level
communication with an Icecast server.  Please refer to phpShout's API
reference and example code to learn how to implement a streaming radio
station into your PHP code.

[More and better documentation coming soon!]

phpShout is licenced under the LGPL.  Please see the LICENSE file for details.

Please direct any questions, bug reports, or feature requests to the projects
home at SourceForge at this address:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpshout
