Getting a variable clientside from serverside code?

[Deathyy]

So basically I want to get a variable that I have in my serverside code into my clientside.

When I'm trying to get the variable, it'll keep saying its a nil value when I can take it the same exact way in the serverside file.

[Wizard of Ass]

usermessages.

[Deathyy]

I'm trying to send a table, and it's saying that its a table and expected a string.

function printCars(ply)
	for k,v in pairs(VEHICLE_DATABASE) do
		for tk, tv in pairs(v) do
			umsg.Start( "AddData", ply )
				umsg.String(tv)
			umsg.End()
		end
	end
end
hook.Add( "PlayerInitialSpawn", "SendCarsList", printCars )

I'm pretty sure the for statements above covert the table into a string, correct me if I'm wrong?

And then

local Vehicle_Database = {};
 
local function AddData( data )
	table.insert( Vehicle_Database, data:ReadString() )
	print(data:ReadString())
end
usermessage.Hook( "AddData", AddData )

This is what I've gotten from the wiki, I'm assuming that I'm not doing it correctly though.

[Deadman123]

use glon to encode the table, but unless really needed, dont network tables, leads to lag.

[Deathyy]

Well I have a table that has information that I need the player to view in a menu, and I'm not quite sure what a "glon to encode the table" means. Please explain ? :D

[Chessnut]

glon.encode(yourTable) encodes a table into a string.
glon.decode(string of your table) converts it back into a table.

[Ollie]

Yea, Use glon and usermessages.