Weapon Names Problem

[PhilSmith]

I've been trying to make a custom inventory and while doing so I have come across a slight problem. I want to make the inventory hide the typical "-" and "*" weapons, however my check is not working. It seems as though the weapons that are named with these starting characters, are actually not (in the mind of my script).

PHP Code:

for(i=0;i<player.weapon.size();i++){
    if(!player.weapon[i].name.starts("-")){
      new GuiBitmapButtonCtrl("PhilSmith_Weapon_"@i){
        profile=PhilSmith_HUDButtons;
        x = PhilSmith_Inventory.x+(i*40);
        y = PhilSmith_Inventory.y+15;
        normalbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        mouseoverbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        pressedbitmap = temp.imgs[i];
        width = 32;
        height=32;
        text=player.weapon[i].name;
      }
    }
  } 


Thanks for taking the time to look this over to help me.