Voor wie een php irc bot wou beginnen

<?php
ini_set('max_execution_time', -1);


class configuration {
	
	public $botConfig;
	
	public function __construct() {
		$this->botConfig = array();
	}
	
	public function createNewBot($hostname, $identity, $server, $realname, $nickname, $port, $domain) {
		if (count($this->botConfig) == 0) {
			$botConfigID = 0;
		} else {
			$botConfigID = count($this->botConfig);
		}
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['hostname'] = $hostname;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['identity'] = $identity;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['server'] = $server;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['realname'] = $realname;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['nickname'] = $nickname;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['port'] = $port;
		$this->botConfig[$botConfigID]['domain'] = $domain;
		
		return $botConfigID;
	}
}


class socket {
	
	public $sockets;
	public $socketError;
	
	public function __construct() {
		$this->sockets = array();
		$this->socketError = array();
	}
	
	public function create_socket($domain = 'ipv4') {
		if ($domain == 'ipv6') { 
			$this->sockets[] = socket_create(AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); 
		} else { 
			$this->sockets[] = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
		}
		
		$insertedArrayID = (count($this->sockets) - 1); 
		if ($this->sockets[$insertedArrayID] == false) {
			$this->$socketError[$insertedArrayID]['errorCode'] = socket_last_error($this->sockets[$insertedArrayID]);
			$this->$socketError[$insertedArrayID]['errorMessage'] = socket_strerror($errorCode);
			
			socket_clear_error($this->sockets[$insertedArrayID]);
			
			return $socketError;
		} else {
			return $insertedArrayID;
		}
	}
	
	public function bind_socket($socketID = 0, $hostname) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
			
			/* We can not make any more sockets until SO_REUSEPORT comes available on linux */
			socket_set_option($this->sockets[$socketID], SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1);
			
			if (socket_bind($this->sockets[$socketID], $hostname, $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['port']) == false) {
				$this->$socketError[$socketID]['errorCode'] = socket_last_error($this->sockets[$socketID]);
				$this->$socketError[$socketID]['errorMessage'] = socket_strerror($errorCode);
			
				socket_clear_error($this->sockets[$socketID]);
			
				return $socketError;
			} else {
				return true;
			}
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public function connect_socket($socketID = 0, $ip, $port) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
			socket_connect($this->sockets[$socketID], $ip, $port);
			
			if ($this->sockets[$socketID] == false) {
				$this-$socketError[$socketID]['errorCode'] = socket_last_error($this-$sockets[$socketID]);
				$this-$socketError[$socketID]['errorMessage'] = socket_strerror($errorCode);
			
				socket_clear_error($this-$socket[$socketID]);
			
				return $socketError;
			} else {
				return true;
			}
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public function write_socket($socketID = 0, $bufferData) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
			socket_write($this->sockets[$socketID], $bufferData . "\r\n");
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	public function read_socket($socketID = 0) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
			$buffer = socket_read($this->sockets[$socketID], 65000, PHP_NORMAL_READ);
			if ($buffer == '\n' OR $buffer == '\r') {
				continue;
			}
			
			return $buffer;
		} else {
			return false;
		}	
	}
	
	public function shutdown_socket($socketID = 0) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
			socket_shutdown($this->sockets[$socketID], 2);
			
			$this->close_socket[$socketID];
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	protected function close_socket($socketID = 0) {
		if (is_int($socketID)) {
				socket_close($this->sockets[$socketID]);
			return;
		} else {
			return false;
		}	
	}
}


class irc extends socket {
	
	private $configurationClass;
	
	public function setconfigrationClass($class) {
		$this->configurationClass = $class;
	}
	
	public function connectIRC($botID) {
		$this->create_socket($this->configurationClass->botConfig[$botID]['domain']);
		
		$this->bind_socket($botID, $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$botID]['hostname'] . $botID);
		$this->connect_socket($botID, $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$botID]['server'], $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$botID]['port']);
		
		$this->initIRCConnection($botID);
		return true;
	}
	
	protected function initIRCConnection($socketID = 0) {
		$this->write_socket($socketID, 'USER ' . $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['identity'] . ' ' .
												   $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['hostname'] . ' ' .
												   $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['server'] . ' :' .
												   $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['realname']);
										
		$this->write_socket($socketID, 'NICK ' . $this->configurationClass->botConfig[$socketID]['nickname']);
		return true;
	}
	
	public function playPingPong($socketID = 0, $pingID) {
		$this->write_socket($socketID, 'PONG ' . $pingID);
		return true;
	}
}


$configurationClass = new configuration();
$ircClass = new irc();


$configurationClass->createNewBot(0, 'viibot', 'irc.onlinegamesnet.net', 'vii realname', 'viibot', 6667, 'ipv4');


$ircClass->setconfigrationClass($configurationClass);
foreach ($configurationClass->botConfig AS $bot => $botData) {
	$ircClass->connectIRC($bot);
}


$i = 0;
while (1) {
	foreach ($configurationClass->botConfig AS $botID => $botData) {
		
		$usableID = intval($botID);
		$bufferData = $ircClass->read_socket($usableID);
		$splitBuffer = split(' ', $bufferData);
		
		if ($splitBuffer[0] = 'PING') {
			$ircClass->playPingPong($usableID, $splitBuffer[1]);
		}
	}
}
?>