Issues with coding

[=cipher=]

Hello,

I am snooping around because I would like to learn more about how the phpBB System Works ... Well, in the admin/admin_board.php file, what are things like this:

"SMTP_USERNAME" => $new['smtp_username'],

what is the "SMTP_USERNAME" part?

what is the $news['smtp_username'] part?

How do I create my own for a MOD?

[pentapenguin]

A few articles to get you started:
http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=114
http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=203
http://www.phpbb.com/kb/article.php?article_id=200

The $new array is automatically filled in with all config_name's from the phpbb_config table.
To get your own, add a new row to the database.
Like

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INSERT INTO phpbb_config (config_name, config_value) VALUES ('my_var', 'my_var_here');

To print out the value in a file, add this line in the others like it

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'MY_VAR' => $new['my_var'],

Now you have a {MY_VAR} in the template.

[UseLess]

Greetings,

And if you want to see if there is any value in the var use: isset, empty etc on '$board_config['my_var']'

[=cipher=]

Great! THanks!

[=cipher=]

Does the new variable have to be ...
$new{MY_VAR} ... what I mean does it have to have $new or can it be something else like $mod ?

[pentapenguin]

Your confusing the two.
In the PHP pages the variables are like $variable
In standard tpl files you use {VARIABLE}

BTW: See the other post for more details.