This function retrieves the ID of an account.

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

Syntax

int|false getAccountID ( account theAccount )

Required Arguments

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

Returns

• int|false: account id

Returns a int containing the account's ID, 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("[" .. 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
• 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