Description:

Net_SmartIRC is a PHP class for communication with IRC networks, which
conforms to the RFC 2812 (IRC protocol). It's an API that handles all
IRC protocol messages. This class is designed for creating IRC bots,
chats and show irc related info on webpages.

Featurelist:
- actionhandler for the API
- messagehandler for the API
- send/receive floodprotection
- detects and changes nickname on nickname collisions
- time events
- full object oriented programmed
- autoreconnect
- debugging/logging system
- supports fsocks and PHP socket extension
- supports PHP 4.1.x to 4.3.0
- sendbuffer with priority levels
- channel synching (tracking of users/modes/topic etc in variables)
- IRC functions: op, deop, voice, devoice, ban, unban, join, part,
action, message, query, ctcp, mode, topic, nick, invite

In PEAR status of this package is: stable.