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Name	PlayerChat
Arguments (in table)	Player player, string text
Return option	Return false to block the message

Description

Fired when a player sends a chat message.

Examples

function Foo(args)
	print(args.player:GetName().." says "..args.text)
end

Events:Subscribe("PlayerChat", Foo)

Creating a chat filter

blacklist = {
	"arse",
	"crap",
	"heck",
	"pants",
	"breasts",
	"stupid",
	"fudge",
	"darn"
}

function Foo(args)
	local lowercased = args.text:lower()
	
	for index, word in ipairs(blacklist) do
		if lowercased:find(word) then
			return false
		end
	end
	
	return true
end

Events:Subscribe("PlayerChat", Foo)

See also

LocalPlayerChat