This function retrieves the ID of an account.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

• Method:account:getID(...)
• Variable: .id

Syntax

​int|false getAccountID ( ​account theAccount )

Required arguments

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

Returns

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

• int|false: account id

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("[" .. getAccountID(previous_account) .. "] " ..getAccountName(previous_account) .. " Logged into [" ..getAccountID(current_account) .. "]" ..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
• getAccount
• getAccountByID
• getAccountData
• getAccountID
• getAccountIP
• getAccountName
• getAccountPlayer
• getAccounts
• getAccountsByData
• getAccountsByIP
• getAccountsBySerial
• getAccountSerial
• getAccountTypeNew
• getAllAccountData
• getPlayerAccount
• isGuestAccount
• logIn
• logOut
• removeAccount
• setAccountData
• setAccountName
• setAccountPassword
• setAccountSerialNew

Account Events

• onAccountCreate
• onAccountDataChange
• onAccountRemove

Account Elements

• account

Reference

• Scripting Functions