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phpBB add-in / feature

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 2:00 am
by nigma
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?

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:37 am
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

:idea:

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:13 am
by nigma
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:06 pm
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 10:01 pm
by nigma
What makes you say you would need something like Java?

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

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:07 pm
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.

Posted: Sat Jul 03, 2004 11:14 pm
by markl999
You could maybe use something like phptoclib to do it.