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PunBB 1.3 Global Variables
There is a number of forum variables available on every forum page. These variables are used for the page generation. To use them one has to include the FORUM_ROOT.'include/common.php' file first.
$forum_user
This variable correlates an associative array with some information about a user (user id, group id, username, profile options, user permissions, etc.) For example:
$forum_user['id']
contains user's id;$forum_user['language']
contains the language selected in user's profile;$forum_user['g_post_topics']
shows whether the user can post topics or not.
$forum_config
This variable correlates an associative array with all configuration options (board title, sef scheme, etc.) For example:
$forum_config['o_default_lang']
contains the default language of the forum;$forum_config['o_avatars_dir']
is the path to the directory, where avatars are saved.
$forum_db
This variable is an instance of the database layer. It is used to perform SQL queries. See the database helper description for details.