This script runs an IRC bot to get PRE information. For detailed guides on how to set this up and ZNC see here: https://github.com/nZEDb/nZEDb_Misc/tree/master/Guides/Various You must first copy ircscraper_settings_example.php to ircscraper_settings.php and change the settings in the file (ircscraper_settings.php). (in /var/www/nZEDb/configuration) It is recommended to use ZNC, to avoid network issues (if you do not want to get banned from IRC). Setting up ZNC is easy : http://wiki.znc.in/Installation If you have trouble connecting, try another IRC server: https://www.synirc.net/servers Run php scrape.php false to see all the options. You can run this with screen (then detach; control + a then d) : screen php scrape.php true