Pair: setAccountName

This function retrieves the name of an account.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

• Method: account:getName(...)
• Variable: .name

Syntax

string|false getAccountName ( account theAccount )

Required Arguments

• theAccount: The account you wish to get the name of.

Returns

• string|false: account name

Returns a string containing the account's name, false if the account does not exist or an invalid argument was passed to the function.

Code Examples

Example 1 Example 2 (OOP)

server

This example announces into the console when a player logs into his account.

function outputOnLogin ( previous_account, current_account, auto_login ) --when a player logs in
  outputConsole(getAccountName(previous_account).." Logged into "..getAccountName(current_account)) -- announce it into the console
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin",root,outputOnLogin ) --add an event handler

server

OOP Required

This example announces into the console when a player logs into his account.

function outputOnLogin(previous_account, current_account, auto_login) --when a player logs in
  outputConsole("[" .. previous_account.id .. "] " .. previous_account.name .. " Logged into ["..current_account.id .. "]" .. current_account.name) -- announce it into the console
end
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", root, outputOnLogin) --add an event handler

See Also

Account Functions

• addAccount
• copyAccountData
• getAccountByID
• getAccount
• getAccountData
• getAccountID
• getAccountIP
• getAccountName
• getAccountPlayer
• getAccountSerial
• getAccountType
• getAccounts
• getAccountsByData
• getAccountsByIP
• getAccountsBySerial
• getAllAccountData
• getPlayerAccount
• isGuestAccount
• logIn
• removeAccount
• logOut
• setAccountData
• setAccountName
• setAccountPassword
• setAccountSerial

Account Events

• onAccountCreate
• onAccountDataChange
• onAccountRemove

Account Elements

• account

Reference

• Scripting Functions