Synopsis

Functions to control a Chromecast with PHP using a reverse engineered Castv2 protocol. Provides ability to control a Chromecast either locally or remotely from a server.

This project is a modified fork from CastV2inPHP. I refactored the code and created it such that I can pause and play any media quickly.

Use the PHP class to do the following:

• Play
• Pause
• Mute
• Unmute
• Set Volume
• Increase Volume
• Decrease Volume
• Launch App
• Play Video

Code Examples

Pause

require_once("Chromecast.php");

$cc = new Chromecast();
$cc->connect("192.168.10.135");
$cc->sendCommand(["PAUSE"]);

Open Youtube and watch Video

require_once("Chromecast.php");

$cc = new Chromecast();
$cc->connect("192.168.10.135");
$cc->sendCommand(["WATCH", "233637DE","jke8ILaBRWA","BUFFERED","x-youtube/video",true,0]);

Play/Restart video with friendly name instead of IP

require_once("Chromecast.php");

$cc = new Chromecast();
$cc->connect("Living Room TV");
$cc->sendCommand(["PLAY"]);

NOTES

The default port a Chromecast uses is 8009. Using Friendly Name causes 2-3 seconds delay to connect because it's using mDNS to find all Google Devices with that name.