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phpBB add-in / feature

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Has anyone thought of writing an add-in for phpBB that notifies people over an IM protocol (aim, yim, etc) when a topic they are watching has been responded to?

If you / or someone you know has thought about this idea maybe you could share your / their insights?
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Post by tim »

hmm, not a bad idear

I usually have AIM on when i'm on the net, so it would work better then having to check email

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Yea, I know quite a few people who are either on aim 24/7 or just sign on to aim more then they check their email.
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Post by d3ad1ysp0rk »

I've thought about it, but I haven't researched aim communication (from the server) enough. I'm assuming it'd take something like Java or Perl. Not just PHP.
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What makes you say you would need something like Java?

What about PHP socket functions:
http://us3.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=socket
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Post by d3ad1ysp0rk »

Wouldnt you need to know a little more about AIM protocols than what is public knowledge if you wanted to do that? Since everything goes through the servers.
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You could maybe use something like phptoclib to do it.
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