IRC Bot Extensions

Okay this is a very quick walk-through in writing your own commands for the IRC-Bot.

First of all, create a file in includes/ircbot, the file-name should be in this format: command.inc.php.

When editing the file, do not open nor close PHP-tags. Any variable you assign will be discarded as soon as your command returns. Some variables, specially all listed under $this->, have special meanings or effects. Before a command is executed, the IRC-Bot ensures that the MySQL-Socket is working, that $this->user points to the right user and that the user is authenticated. Below you will find a table with related functions and attributes. You can chain-load any built-in command by calling $this->_command("My Parameters"). You cannot chain-load external commands.

To enable your command, edit your config.php and add something like this:

   ...
   $config['irc_external'][] = "mycommand";
   ...

See: Example

Functions and Attributes

... that are accessible from within an extension

Functions

Function( (Type) $Variable [= Default] [,...] )	Returns	Description
`$this->getChan( )`	`String`	Returns `channel` of current event.
`$this->getData( (boolean) $Block = false )`	`String/Boolean`	Returns a `line` from the IRC-Buffer if it's not matched against any other `command`. If `$Block` is `true`, wait until a suitable line is returned.
`$this->getUser( )`	`String`	Returns `nick` of current user. Not to confuse with `$this->user`!
`$this->get_user( )`	`Array`	See `$this->user` in Attributes.
`$this->irc_raw( (string) $Protocol )`	`Boolean`	Sends raw IRC-Protocol.
`$this->isAuthd( )`	`Boolean`	`true` if the user is authenticated.
`$this->joinChan( (string) $Channel )`	`Boolean`	Joins given `$Channel`.
`$this->log( (string) $Message )`	`Boolean`	Logs given `$Message` into `STDOUT`.
`$this->read( (string) $Buffer )`	`String/Boolean`	Returns a `line` from given `$Buffer` or `false` if there's nothing suitable inside the Buffer. Please use `$this->getData()` for handler-safe data retrieval.
`$this->respond( (string) $Message )`	`Boolean`	Responds to the `request` auto-detecting channel or private message.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
`$params`	`String`	Contains all arguments that are passed to the `.command`.
`$this->chan`	`Array`	Channels that are configured.
`$this->commands`	`Array`	Contains accessible `commands`.
`$this->config`	`Array`	Contains `$config` from `config.php`.
`$this->data`	`String`	Contains raw IRC-Protocol.
`$this->debug`	`Boolean`	Debug-Flag.
`$this->external`	`Array`	Contains loaded extra `commands`.
`$this->nick`	`String`	Bot's `nick` on the IRC.
`$this->pass`	`String`	IRC-Server's passphrase.
`$this->port`	`Int`	IRC-Server's port-number.
`$this->server`	`String`	IRC-Server's hostname.
`$this->ssl`	`Boolean`	SSL-Flag.
`$this->tick`	`Int`	Interval to check buffers in microseconds.
`$this->user`	`Array`	Array containing details about the `user` that sent the `request`.

Example

includes/ircbot/join-ng.inc.php

   if( $this->user['level'] != 10 ) {
      return $this->respond("Sorry only admins can make me join.");
   }
   if( $this->getChan() == "#noc") {
      $this->respond("Joining $params");
      $this->joinChan($params);
   } else {
      $this->respond("Sorry, only people from #noc can make join.");
   }

config.php

   ...
   $config['irc_external'][] = "join-ng";
   ...