Setup

1. Copy getlinkinfo-v2.php to your server or website.
2. Copy GetLinkInfo.mrc to your mIRC script directory and load with /load -a scripts/GetLinkInfo.mrc.
   • If using your own webserver, change this line to match.
   • Any changes can be reloaded with the /reload -a scripts/GetLinkInfo.mrc.

Usage:

getlinkinfo-v2.php?url=ABC
Enable with +/-Linkinfo when on a channel (and have mod status)
The mIRC script is set to parse for links automatically and feed the url to the hosted phps script when enabled on a channel.

Output (web):

Output (irc):

Features (PHP):

• Toggle for debugging / easy to find where the "title" is located in the pulled HTML.
• Can scrape YouTube titles without an API.
• Output is placed within <linkinfo> tags taht can easly parsed by other services. I.e the aforementioend mIRC script.
• Lightweight.
• Only requires PHP.
• Shows PHP errors by default.
• Shows preview of Image if an image is found and outputs relevant data:
  

Features (mIRC):

• Can be enabled (or disabled) per channel by issuing +/-Linkinfo as an owner or mod of the script.
• Context menu (easily enable or disable silently).
• Ignore user/nick list (edit this line).
• Easy customisable logo and calours for message sent to IRC

Limitations:

• Doesnt work on sites that require cookies and/or Javascript.
• Doesnt work on sites that have more than 20 redirects.
• Depending on your server configureation, https connections may not work.