XLVII. IRC Gateway Functions

What is ircg?

With ircg you can build powerful, fast and scalable webchat solutions in conjunction with dedicated or public IRC servers.

Platforms

IRCG runs under

AIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Irix
Linux
Solaris
Tru64

Requirements

To install and use IRCG you need the following software:

from Sascha Schumann.
webserver

Installation

A detailed installation instruction can be found .

Sis�llys
ircg_channel_mode -- Set channel mode flags for user
ircg_disconnect -- Close connection to server
ircg_fetch_error_msg -- Returns the error from previous ircg operation
ircg_get_username -- Get username for connection
ircg_html_encode -- Encodes HTML preserving output
ircg_ignore_add -- Add a user to your ignore list on a server
ircg_ignore_del -- Remove a user from your ignore list on a server
ircg_is_conn_alive -- Check connection status
ircg_join -- Join a channel on a connected server
ircg_kick -- Kick a user out of a channel on server
ircg_lookup_format_messages -- Select a set of format strings for display of IRC messages
ircg_msg -- Send message to channel or user on server
ircg_nick -- Change nickname on server
ircg_nickname_escape -- Encode special characters in nickname to be IRC-compliant
ircg_nickname_unescape -- Decodes encoded nickname
ircg_notice -- Send a notice to a user on server
ircg_part -- Leave a channel on server
ircg_pconnect -- Connect to an IRC server
ircg_register_format_messages -- Register a set of format strings for display of IRC messages
ircg_set_current -- Set current connection for output
ircg_set_file -- Set logfile for connection
ircg_set_on_die -- Set hostaction to be execute when connection dies
ircg_topic -- Set topic for channel on server
ircg_whois -- Query user information for nick on server

You may face problems with php 4.20 configure script when using "--with-ircg-config" without providing any path to script file. When it tries to configure ircg it just starts printing --ldflags continuously. checking for IRCG support... yes --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags --ldflags So always provide path to ircg-config file as in --with-ircg-config=/user/local/bin/ircg-config


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