does that actually work... Dani boi mind explaning the use of the calculation. isn't that more... oh I don't know long winded then just doing

elseif ($1 !ison #)  {
    echo -a $1 isn't on $chan $+ , therefore, you can't ban them.
  }

And the code still be as effective?

Edit: I input Dani's... and it doesn't even return with the fact that $1 isn't even in the chan.