if(strcmp(cmd, "/ban", true) == 0)
  {
      if(IsPlayerConnected(playerid))
      {
       tmp = strtok(cmdtext, idx);
    if(!strlen(tmp))
    {
     SendClientMessage(playerid, COLOR_GRAD2, "USAGE: /ban [playerid/PartOfName] [reason]");
     return 1;
    }
    giveplayerid = ReturnUser(tmp);
    if (PlayerInfo[playerid][pAdmin] >= 1)
    {
        if(IsPlayerConnected(giveplayerid))
        {
            if(giveplayerid != INVALID_PLAYER_ID)
            {
          GetPlayerName(giveplayerid, giveplayer, sizeof(giveplayer));
       GetPlayerName(playerid, sendername, sizeof(sendername));
       new length = strlen(cmdtext);
       while ((idx < length) && (cmdtext[idx] <= ' '))
       {
        idx++;
       }
       new offset = idx;
       new result[64];
       while ((idx < length) && ((idx - offset) < (sizeof(result) - 1)))
       {
        result[idx - offset] = cmdtext[idx];
        idx++;
       }
       result[idx - offset] = EOS;
       if(!strlen(result))
       {
        SendClientMessage(playerid, COLOR_GRAD2, "USAGE: /ban [playerid/PartOfName] [reason]");
        return 1;
       }
       new year, month,day;
       getdate(year, month, day);
       format(string, sizeof(string), "AdmCmd: %s was banned by %s, reason: %s (%d-%d-%d)", giveplayer, sendername, (result),month,day,year);
       format(string, sizeof(string), "AdmCmd: %s was banned by %s, reason: %s", giveplayer, sendername, (result));
       SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_LIGHTRED, string);
       PlayerInfo[giveplayerid][pAdmin] = PlayerInfo[giveplayerid][pLevel];
       PlayerInfo[giveplayerid][pLevel] = -999;
       PlayerInfo[giveplayerid][pBan] = 1;
       return 1;
      }
     }//not connected
    }
    else
    {
     format(string, sizeof(string), "   %d is not an active player.", giveplayerid);
     SendClientMessage(playerid, COLOR_GRAD1, string);
    }
   }
   return 1;
  }

#define COLOR_GRAD2 0xBFC0C2FF

new tmp[256];
new cmd[256];
new giveplayerid[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];
new giveplayer[MAX_PLAYER_NAME];

strtok(const string[], &index)
{
  new length = strlen(string);
  while ((index < length) && (string[index] <= ' '))
  {
   index++;
  }

  new offset = index;
  new result[20];
  while ((index < length) && (string[index] > ' ') && ((index - offset) < (sizeof(result) - 1)))
  {
   result[index - offset] = string[index];
   index++;
  }
  result[index - offset] = EOS;
  return result;
}