[Konstantinos]

Use the optional length parameter:

pawn Код:

if (!strcmp(item, "apple ", true, 6))

About string buffer overflow, it expects 6 characters but you specify the rest of the parameters so ignore them:

pawn Код:

if (sscanf(params, "s[7]{s[50]}", action))

Just for your information, the string size is ignored in quite specifiers.