//This is in the section onplayercommandtext

if (GangCreate[playerid] == 1) {
	    if (strlen(text)<40) {//check strlen
	        if (CheckGName(text) == 1) {//THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS(im very sure) here is where i check that there are no bad characters in my gang names
	            SendClientMessage(playerid,COLOR_RED,"Invalid Character Detected, please try again");
				GangCreate[playerid] = 1;//give you another chance to make your gang
				return 0;
	 		}
			GangCreate[playerid] = 0;
	        new txt[256];
			new pname[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
			GetPlayerName(playerid,pname,sizeof(pname));
			new a[45]; // This will be used as a filename
	    	format(a,sizeof(a),"%s-gang",text);
  			if (dini_Exists(udb_encode(a))) { // checks if gang already exists
  		    	SendClientMessage(playerid,COLOR_RED,"This gang has already been made");
  		    	GangCreate[playerid] = 1;
				return 0;
			}
  			if (!dini_Exists(udb_encode("GANG_IDS"))) { //creates this file
  			    dini_Create(udb_encode("GANG_IDS"));
  			    dini_IntSet(udb_encode("GANG_IDS"),"GANGS",0);
	    	}
	    	new gid;
	    	gid = GetGangID();
			Gang[playerid] = 1;
			GetPlayerName(playerid,pname,sizeof(pname));
			dini_IntSet(udb_encode(pname),"Gang",1);
  			format(txt,sizeof(txt),"SYSTEM: GANG: %s has been created by %s",text,pname); //Tells everyone the gang has been made
			SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_WHITE,txt);
	  		dini_Create(udb_encode(a)); //creates the main gang file
	  		dini_Set(udb_encode(a),"LEADER",pname);
	  		dini_IntSet(udb_encode(a),"GBANK",0);
  			dini_IntSet(udb_encode(a),"MEMBERS",1);
  			dini_IntSet(udb_encode(a),"GANGID",gid);
  			new b[20];
  			format(b,sizeof(b),"%d",gid);
  			dini_Set(udb_encode("GANG_IDS"),b,text); //where i store info on members and gangs
  			if (!dini_Exists(udb_encode("Info_Gangs_Members"))) {
  			  	dini_Create(udb_encode("Info_Gangs_Members"));
	    	}
  			dini_Set(udb_encode("Info_Gangs_Members"), pname, text);
  			dini_IntSet(udb_encode(pname),"GangID",gid);
			new testgangids;
			testgangids = CheckOnlineGangs();
			OnlineGangs[testgangids] = dini_Int(udb_encode(playername),"GangID"); //finds a gap in the online gangs (this definatly works)
  			SendClientMessage(playerid,COLOR_GREEN,"Gang Successfully Created");
  			return 0;
		} else {
		    SendClientMessage(playerid,COLOR_RED,"This name is too long");
		    return 0;
  		}
	}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
//This next bit is my CheckCharacter as named in the above code (near top)
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------

public CheckGName(text[]) {
	new size;
	size = 40;
	for(new i=0; i< size; i++) { //loop
	    if (text[i]=='!') { //what im checking
			return 1; //returns 1 so that script can tell its a bad character to stop impending server crash
		}
		if (text[i]=='£') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='$') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='%') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='^') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='&') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='*') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='|') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='/') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='?') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='@') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='~') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='#') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]==']') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='[') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='}') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='{') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]==''') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]==';') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]==':') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='<') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='>') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='`') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='¬') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='-') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='=') {
			return 1;
		}
		if (text[i]=='+') {
			return 1;
		}
	}
	return 0; //its ok
}