sox

sox file1.wav -b 16 -c 1 -r 8k file2.wav

<?php
  //getting all files of desired extension from the dir using explode


  $desired_extension = 'wav'; //extension we're looking for
  $dirname = "./";
  $dir = opendir($dirname);


  while(false != ($file = readdir($dir)))
  {
    if(($file != ".") and ($file != ".."))
    {
      $fileChunks = explode(".", $file);
      if($fileChunks[1] == $desired_extension) //interested in second chunk only
      {      
        echo $file;
        echo "\n";
        $file2='old'.$file;
        //$command =' cp '.  $file.' '.substr($file,0,strlen($file)-4).'old';
//  sox -t raw -r 8000 -A -b 8 -c 1 fen.alaw file.wav


        $command =' cp '.  $file.' '.$file2;


        echo $command; 
        echo "\n";
        system($command,$return); 
        echo $return;
        $command='sox '.$file2.' -b 16 -c 1 -r 8k '.$file;
        echo $command; 
        echo "\n";
        system($command,$return); 
        echo $return;
      }
    }
  }
  closedir($dir);
?>