php tcp sockets -- IRC

[Anon]

just wondering if anyone has tried using the socket stuff built into php to setup an IRC client?

I am trying to write a bot for irc that can run on both windows and unix with little to no porting, but one of the main things I want with it is the ability for it to interface with a MySQL database.

at first I was going to do it in perl, using some of the modules already made for IRC interfaces, however, I have found many of these perl interfaces to be inadiqute stability wise for use on an IRC network.

any ideas or pointers on how to get started would be apreciated.

[Anon]

stupid me.... I didn\'t even think of searching :-)

sooo... I read about the phpIRC from phpwizard.net

but I can\'t seem to get the examples to even work using php4.04pl1

[sol01]

yeah I have found the same problem when using php 4. Not sure what the work around is. I am trying to create a script that simply connects to the server and does a simple whois.

the script takes forever