Making Chat Door for Certain Players

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#1

Hello there!
I have door that are opened by saying “open” in chat, but I want them to be openable only by certain players. How can I modify this script to do that?
Script:

local message = "open"
local door = script.Parent

function onChatted(msg, recipient, speaker)
	local source = string.lower(speaker.Name)
	msg = string.lower(msg)
	if (msg == message) then
		door.CanCollide = false
		for i = 1, 9 do
			door.Transparency = door.Transparency + 0.1
			wait()
		end
	end
end

function onPlayerEntered(newPlayer)
	newPlayer.Chatted:connect(function(msg, recipient) onChatted(msg, recipient, newPlayer) end)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(onPlayerEntered)
#2

Check the source vs the player. I would make a table of usernames for the people that can say it. Then, do

local permittedUsers = {"cheekysquid", "builderman"}
local message = "open"
local door = script.Parent

function onChatted(msg, recipient, speaker)
	local source = string.lower(speaker.Name)
	msg = string.lower(msg)
	if (msg == message) and table.find(permittedUsers, source) > -1 then
		door.CanCollide = false
		for i = 1, 9 do
			door.Transparency = door.Transparency + 0.1
			wait()
		end
	end
end

function onPlayerEntered(newPlayer)
	newPlayer.Chatted:connect(function(msg, recipient) onChatted(msg, recipient, newPlayer) end)
end

The > -1 part means that, table.find() returns -1 if it cannot find the given value. If it returns a value greater than that, that means the table found it. This is the best method for lots of usernames, because using if/or statements such as KJ did will make your code extra long.

Make sure the usernames in the table are in lowercase!

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#3

I suggest doing this only if there are only a few players who need this permission.

local message = "open"
local door = script.Parent

function onChatted(msg, recipient, speaker)
	if speaker.Name == "goatmanthe90th" or "KJry_s" then
		local source = string.lower(speaker.Name)
		msg = string.lower(msg)
		if (msg == message) then
			door.CanCollide = false
			for i = 1, 9 do
				door.Transparency = door.Transparency + 0.1
				wait()
			end
		end
	end
end

function onPlayerEntered(newPlayer)
	newPlayer.Chatted:connect(function(msg, recipient) onChatted(msg, recipient, newPlayer) end)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(onPlayerEntered)