What is PHP-URC ?

The PHP Universal Remote Control (PHP-URC) framework is a library which allows low-skilled PHP developers to easily design web-based remote control interfaces.

As such, it comes as an ideal development resource for those setting-up a Home Theater PC (HTPC) or a Home Control PC (HCPC), and willing to control both their PC and external appliances - amplifier, beamer, coffee machine, etc. - from a single interface, accessible with any web-able device.

From the front-end (user) interface point of view, PHP-URC is entirely Ajax-based and provides a "look-and-feel" close to a genuine remote control.

From the back-end (services/appliances) interface point of view, PHP-URC relies on "control" plug-ins, which can easily be extended to drive any imagineable backend. The current packaging includes plug-ins for the following backends:

LIRC (Linux Infra-Red Control) - http://lirc.org

HEYU (X-10 Automation) - http://heyu.org

MPD (Music Player Daemon) - http://www.musicpd.org

MPLAYER (Multimedia Player) - http://www.mplayerhq.hu

VLC (VideoLAN Media Player) - http://www.videolan.org

SHELL (Command Line) - allowing to send arbitrary system commands

MACRO (Macro Commands) - allowing to gather several control/command as one

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