GetPlayerCount

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This function returns the number of players currently connected to the server.

[[{{{image}}}|link=]] Note: #getElementsByType("player") works the same as this function but also works client side unlike this function.

Syntax

Returns

Returns the number of players connected to the server as an int.

Example

This example displays a chat message with the number of players connected to the server when a player joins or quits.

function playerCount ( )
	outputChatBox ( "There are now " .. getPlayerCount() .. " players on this server!" )
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerJoin", getRootElement(), playerCount )
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), playerCount )

See Also