# getLightType (Client)

> Tells a light's type.

- **Platform**: MY Multiplayer (MYMP)
- **Kind**: Lua Function
- **Side**: Client
- **Category**: Lights
- **URL**: https://wiki.mymp.gg/en/getLightType

## Syntax

```lua
string|false getLightType(light light)
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `light` | `light` | The light. |

## Returns

`"point"`, `"spot"` or `"rect"`, or `false` with a wrong argument.

## Example

```lua
local light = createSpotLight(0, 0, 10, 0, 0, -1)
outputDebugString(getLightType(light)) -- spot
```

## See also

- [createPointLight (Client)](https://wiki.mymp.gg/en/createPointLight.md): Creates a light that shines in every direction from a point. The light exists on this client only.
- [createSpotLight (Client)](https://wiki.mymp.gg/en/createSpotLight.md): Creates a light that shines inside a cone, like a spotlight. The light exists on this client only.
- [createRectLight (Client)](https://wiki.mymp.gg/en/createRectLight.md): Creates a light that comes from a rectangle, like a panel or a lit window. The light exists on this client only.