execute cgi from module php

alright i have spent the last couple days trying everything i could think of to get this thing to run and i am too newbish to make it work. Here is the issue... i am trying to incorporate a completed .cgi into drupal. I have all of the administrative menu's working correctly and everything else is working however if i try to execute the cgi i ether get a errors or b it doesn't show up as working. I have chmodded the files 755 to allow execute and they work just fine if you use a direct link however the intention is to have it run in a drupal page instead of on its own.

/**
 * Menu callback; displays a Drupal page CGIIRC chatroom.
 */
function cgiirc_page() {

 // $result = exec("http://files.downfallguild.org/demo/modules/cgiirc/cgiirc/irc.cgi < $user->name >&1");
   // print($result);

  echo @join (@file ("http://files.downfallguild.org/demo/modules/cgiirc/cgiirc/irc.cgi"),"");

 // $cgiirc_nick = $user->uid ? $user->name : variable_get('cgiirc_nick','Guest');
 // $cgiirc_server = variable_get('cgiirc_server','');
 // $cgiirc_room = variable_get('cgiirc_room','');
 // $output  = "<div align=\"center\">\n";
  //$output  .= "<iframe src="http://files.downfallguild.org/demo/modules/cgiirc/cgiirc/irc.cgi" width="500" height="400">";
 // $output .= "<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="http://files.downfallguild.org/demo/modules/cgiirc/cgiirc/irc.cgi">";
 // $output .= "</script>";
  //$output .= "<br /><br />You can also connect using any IRC client (such as <a href=\"http://www.mirc.com/\">MIRC</a>) using the following:<br />\n";
 // $output .= "HOST: ".$cgiirc_server."\n";
 // $output .= "CHANNEL: ".$cgiirc_room."\n";
 // $output .= "</div>\n";
  //print theme('page', $output);

}

that is what i have so far you can see that i have tried several different methods to get it to work yet however muhc i try it doesn't work. any help would be appreciated

thanks