Posted by dawnerd on 08/28/06 05:53

Ninetails wrote:
> I tried one time to make mine php irc bot but seeing tutorials, I got a
> problem that I got no way to fix it...
>
> a bot is hard to make cause the timeout on connection by server
> (default 30s) =\
>
>
> dawnerd wrote:
> > jerry.parasol@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know which is the best IRC bot written in PHP? I'm kind of
> > > tired of spending hours on eggdrop.conf and learning tcl... I've seen
> > > http://www.redelmstudios.com/hotnsour/ and various tutorials such as
> > > http://www.codedemons.net/tutorials/PHP/Your-Own-IRC-Bot, but am
> > > wondering what other people use.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > JP
> >
> > I don't know much about IRC bots, but I have made one, simple as it may
> > have been, I do think that is the best way to go. It didn't take me
> > long to figure out how to do it either.

You need to make sure you keep letting the server know that the bot is
there. I do it by sending a ping, or responding to a ping, depending on
the setup.

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