---
name: "IRC::Formatting::HTML"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libirc-formatting-html-perl"
version: "0.29-1.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/IRC::Formatting::HTML"
---

# IRC::Formatting::HTML(3pm)

Convert between HTML and IRC formatting

## NAME

IRC::Formatting::HTML - Convert between HTML and IRC formatting

## VERSION

Version 0.29

## SYNOPSIS

Convert raw IRC formatting to HTML

```
    use IRC::Formatting::HTML qw/irc_to_html html_to_irc/;
    ...
    my $irctext = "\002\0031,2Iron & Wine";
    my $html = irc_to_html($irctext);
    print $html
    # the above will print:
    # <span style="font-weight: bold;color: #000; background-color: #008">Iron &amp; Wine</span>
    ...
    my $html = "<b><em>Nicotine and gravy</em></b>";
    my $irctext = html_to_irc($html);
    print $html;

    # the above will print:
    # \002\026Nicotine and Gravy\002\026
```

## FUNCTIONS

### irc\_to\_html

irc\_to\_html($irctext, invert =\> "italic")

Takes an irc formatted string and returns the HTML version. Takes an option to treat inverted text as italic text.

### html\_to\_irc

html\_to\_irc($html)

Takes an HTML string and returns an irc formatted string

## AUTHOR

Lee Aylward, \<leedo@cpan.org\>

## BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to `"bug-irc-formatting-html at rt.cpan.org"`, or through the web interface at \<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=IRC-Formatting-HTML\>.  I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

## SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

```
    perldoc IRC::Formatting::HTML
```

You can also look for information at:

- •

  RT: CPAN's request tracker

  \<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=IRC-Formatting-HTML\>

- •

  AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  \<http://annocpan.org/dist/IRC-Formatting-HTML\>

- •

  CPAN Ratings

  \<http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/IRC-Formatting-HTML\>

- •

  Search CPAN

  \<http://search.cpan.org/dist/IRC-Formatting-HTML/\>

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This is a direct port of Sam Stephenson's ruby version.

## COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Lee Aylward, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.