jdp@localhost ~/src/src $ cat code.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "string.c"

#define C_NICK_LEN      15
#define C_SLOTS         20

struct id{int fd; char nick[C_NICK_LEN];};
struct id IDA[C_SLOTS];

void error(char *msg)
{
        perror(msg);
        exit(1);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        int sockfd, newsockfd, portno, clilen, n;
        char buffer[1025];
        char cache[1025]; // not implemented
        struct sockaddr_in serv_addr, cli_addr;
        if (argc < 2)
        {
                fprintf(stderr,"ERROR, no port provided?\n");
                exit(1);
        }
        sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
        if (sockfd < 0)
                error("ERROR, unable to create socket");
        bzero((char *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));
        portno = atoi(argv[1]);
        serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
        serv_addr.sin_port = htons(portno);
        serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
        if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) <0)
                        error("ERROR, unable to bind");
        listen(sockfd,5);
        clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
        fcntl(sockfd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
        while (1)
        {
                newsockfd = accept(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, &clilen);
                if (newsockfd < 0)
                {
                        // we will just keep looping i guess
                        sleep(1); //replace with php's usleep() eqiv if it exists
                }
                else
                {
                        // ok we were able to accept the socket
                        bzero(buffer,1025);
                        n = read(newsockfd, buffer,1024);

                        // nTable[];

                        if (n<0) error("ERROR, unable to read from socket");

                        //tg(buffer,1)
                        //// ok so what to do ?

                        //// character array max length 8 to allow for null termination
                        // PRIVMSG
                        // JOIN
                        // NOTICE
                        // PART
                        // PONG
                        // QUIT
                        char *temp = malloc(strlen(buffer)-5);
                        sscanf(buffer, "NICK %s\n",temp);
                        printf("egg\n");
//                      sprintf("thanks: %s\n", temp);
                        //printf("spood %s\n", sprintf("thanks: %s\n", temp));
                        char tch = buffer[strlen(buffer)-1];
                        //if (tch !== 10) {/* not thingied */}
//                              printf("NEW LINE!\r\n");
                        n = write(newsockfd, buffer, strlen(buffer));
                        if (n < 0) error("ERROR, while writing to socket\n");
                        close(newsockfd);
                }//if
                //printf(".\n");
        }//while
        return 0;
}