IRC Client PHP

IRCClient.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\WCX;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class IRCClient extends Controller
{
    protected $socket;
    protected $nick;
    protected $pass;

    static $host = "yourhost.com";
    static $port = "6667";

    public $m = [];

    public function __construct($nick=null, $pass=null)
    {
        $this->nick = $nick;
        $this->pass = $pass;
    }


    public function connect()
    {
        $this->socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
        if (socket_connect($this->socket, self::$host, self::$port) === FALSE) {
            return null;
        }

        $this->m   = [];
        $this->m[] = "Connect Socket connection " . self::$host . ' ' . self::$port;
        
        // $this->authenticate();
        $this->setNick();
    }

    public function authenticate()
    {
        $this->send(sprintf("PASS %s", $this->pass));
    }

    public function setNick()
    {
        $this->send(sprintf("NICK %s", $this->nick));
        $this->send(sprintf("USER %s 0 * %s", $this->nick, $this->nick));
    }

    public function joinChannel($channel)
    {
        $this->send(sprintf("JOIN %s", $channel));
    }

    public function getLastError()
    {
        return socket_last_error($this->socket);
    }

    public function isConnected()
    {
        return !is_null($this->socket);
    }

    public function read($size = 256)
    {
        if (!$this->isConnected()) {
            $this->m[] = "Not connected";
            return null;
        }

        $content = socket_read($this->socket, $size);
        $this->m[] = "[READ] " . $content;
        return $content;
    }

    public function send($message)
    {
        if (!$this->isConnected()) {
            $this->m[] = "Not connected";
            return null;
        }

        $this->m[] = "[SEND] " . $message;
        return socket_write($this->socket, $message . "\r\n");
    }

    public function close()
    {
        $this->m[] = "Closing Socket connection";
        socket_close($this->socket);        
    }  

    public function getLogs(){
        return $this->m;
    }

}