[Pawn] Function Get ID by name

[GospodinX]

I have a function IDByName, as the name of the function says I want to get id by player name.



Function:

Code:

IdByName(const name[])

{

new iPlayer,names[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];

iPlayer = 999;

foreach(new i : Player)

{

? ? GetPlayerName(i, names, sizeof(names));

? ? if(!strcmp(name, names, true))

? ? {

? ? ? ? iPlayer = i;

}

}

return iPlayer;

}

Example:

Code:

? new oie = IdByName(name);

if(IsPlayerConnected(oie)) //player is online and oie is his ID

{

//code

}

else //player is not online

{

//code

}

The function was work perfectly for me for a long time. But now when I have 200 players on my server function get bugged and many times when a player is connected function can't found them..



Have anyone ideas why it happened and how I can improve my function?