public function parse_message($str) {
            $arguments = explode(' ', $str);
            $count = count($arguments);
            $username = explode('!', substr($arguments[0], 1));
            $username = isset($username[0]) ? $username[0] : '';
            $command = isset($arguments[1]) ? $arguments[1] : '';
            $args = "";
            for($i = 2; $i < $count; $i++)
                $args .= $arguments[$i] . ' ';
            $trailing_data = stripos($str, ' :');
            $trailing_data = trim(substr($str, $trailing_data + 2));
            $trailing_data_pos = stripos($args, ' :');
            $args = trim(substr($args, 0, $trailing_data_pos));

            return array('username' => $username, 'command' => $command, 'trail' => $trailing_data, 'args' => $args);
        }