Fetching data from server sided script to a client sided script.
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Hello,
I'd like to state I'm quite new to gmod and don't have much experience, however, I do have 5 years LUA experience which shouldn't really help about this. Anyhow, I'm looking for a way to fetch data from a server sided function via a client script. Seems a bit confusing at first but the reason for this is that the data will be fetched through a database meaning I rather not have it client sided, for that matter, I don't even think that is possible.
Anyhow, I'm just looking for some examples or what I need to achieve this.
Example Serverside
[CODE]function testFunction()
local test = {
{name = "TestName", steamid = "BLANK", value = "5"}
}
return test -- The table needs to be sent over to the client script when requested by the clientsided script
end[/CODE]
Example Clientside
[CODE]local TestTable = testFunction() -- Calls for the table and waiting for a return
for k,v in pairs(TestTable) do
PlayerList:AddLine(v.name, v.steamid, v.value)
end[/CODE]
any ideas how to communicate or send data between server sided scripts and client sided?
