If a user is auto connecting to the chat, and if there is another user with the same nick name already online, there will come a promp telling that. It the user chooses to CANCEL that prompt, phpFreeChat will still "semi-connect" and show the users list, but NOT the chat history. Even when "semi-connected" like this, the user with the same nick name can write chat messages, he will not see them since the chat box is not loaded, but all the other users in the chat can see what he is writeing.
This problem is a major problem if the chat is configured to use the client IP address as nick name apon connection. There are 'often' more then one client/computer using the same WAN IP address.
I hope I'm clear enough .. it's to early in the "morning" for bug reporting
/Eminos