Ubuntu, mac mini late 2012 fan control

fan.php

<?php
/*
This thing probably works on any mac, you have to understand it (lol) and adjust it to the correct fan and min-max speed though. I'll make it easier to costumize later.

What it does?
It tries to keep your cpu cooler than 95 degress celsius. The fan kicks in at 60 degress. And then rises linearly with the heat, until it runs with it's max - 5500 rpm - at 95 degress.

It always averages the cpu temperature of 20 seconds to avoid "flickering", and speed changes are performed smoothly over a 5 sekond period.
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*/
define("speed",5);
function gettemp()
{
  return ((int) file_get_contents("/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp"))/1000;
}
function settemp($s)
{
  if($s < 1800){$s = 1800;}
  if($s > 5500){$s = 5500;}
  if(cs() == $s) return;
  file_put_contents("/sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_output",$s);
}
if(file_get_contents("/sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_manual") !== "1\n")
{
  echo "set fan mode to manual\n";
  file_put_contents("/sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_manual","1\n");
}
$temp = 0;
$samples = Array();
$r = 0;
$sockets = stream_socket_pair(STREAM_PF_UNIX, STREAM_SOCK_STREAM, STREAM_IPPROTO_IP);
$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == -1) {settemp(5500);die('Could not fork');}
else if ($pid) {
  fclose($sockets[0]);
  while(1)
  {
    $temp = gettemp();
   echo "{$temp} degrees celsius, " . cs() . " rpm" . "\r";
    if($temp > 100){settemp(5500);}else{
      if($r > 150)
      {
        fwrite($sockets[1],round(array_sum($samples)/count($samples),0) . PHP_EOL);
        $samples = Array();
        $r = 0;
      }
    }
    $samples[] = calcspeed($temp);
    usleep(100000);
    $r++;
  }
  pcntl_wait($status);
} else {
  fclose($sockets[1]);
     while(1){
       $rpm = (int) fgets($sockets[0]);
       $diff = $rpm-cs();
       $c = cs();
       $steps = 100*speed;
       $step = round($diff/$steps);
       for($i = 0; $i < $steps; $i++)
       {
         $n = $c+$step;
         settemp($n);
         $c = $n;
         usleep(10000);
       }
       settemp($rpm);
     }
}
function cs(){return (int) file_get_contents("/sys/devices/platform/applesmc.768/fan1_output");}
function calcspeed($temp)
{
  return round((1100/7)*($temp-60),0);
}