<go********@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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Is there a way I can bring up an entirely PHP-based service on my
intranet and then connect to it with Gaim, such as building an AOL IM
service clone in PHP, or perhaps a Jabber service in PHP?
Possible, but probably not doable. IM protocols are usually UDP based. You'd
have to implement the server in PHP, doing all the low level networking
exchange yourself. As PHP is not well suited for such things, the result
would likely be highly unstable, crashing your server every hours or so.