Forums Feature Suggestions A Web Based Client?

I would like to know if a web based IRC client could be made. I am making a web site for a PC help company and they use an IRC network. I have searched high and low for one but all i have came across is JPilot which they dont want to use. It can be in Java,PHP,CGI,Perl,ASP anything! I just need one! Please post some suggestions where to get one ( free ones though )

Thanks!

Hey n00b3h

If you in reference to accessing IRC servers through browsers like Internet Explorer, Opera and so forth then it's a yea... Visit http://www.mircx.com/ for an Example...

I have used one for sites before called CGI:IRC, seemed to function well, you can find it at http://cgiirc.sourceforge.net/

Use a CR "backpack" if you arn't fussy about what network you want to use. It is one of the most feature-rich and configureable java applets available.

I personally wouldn't take the advise anyone here posted. CGI:IRC makes it impossible to ban people because they get the @host of your webserver and not their own. CR Backpack will only let you connect to a CR server (and most servers do not run CR). What I would suggest is a regular java applet. EIRC is nice (and free), but it hasn't been developed in a while, but you can get it at http://eirc.sourceforge.net EIRC supports joining multiple channels, and many other nice features that most java chats don't. If you don't like EIRC I'd say try jIRC. JIRC is not free (costs $30 last I checked) and it only lets you join 1 channel, but it gets the job done. You can get a trial copy of jIRC at http://www.jpilot.com