First of all, this script is not originally written by thejman. I think the original one was written by kirby whom I believe has left mIRC for good. He's made it work again but not completely 100%, hence the leftover html strings.

But then again, I tried his original version with the link I showed you above and it gave me an output, just not your partial rewrite. At the end, your rewrite version gave me an error saying hash table already exists upon executing your code the second time. (This matters merely applies to the link I showed you above and other similar ones that may or may not activate)

I'm not trying to pick on your rewrite, just pointing out that it doesn't work fully anymore as the original snippet has intended.