$whoisStart = "311"; $whoisPnick = "330"; $whoisEnd = "318"; if ( $eventNum == $whoisStart ) { $pnick = ""; $ident = "ident"; $host = "host"; } if ( $eventNum == $whoisPnick ) { $pnick = "pnick"; } if ( $eventNum == $whoisEnd ) { $nick["ident"] = $ident; $nick["host"] = ... $nick["pnick"] = ( $pnick == "" ? "Not logged in" : $pnick ); }