Note: this feature is only available for modules that use the multiple file module structure
Some modules that you write might need to store settings for later use. For those, you can create a settings page that can be accessed from the "Modules" page in the admin interface.
The settings page must be put in your module's directory by the
name of "settings.php".
So for our example module "foo" the file would go in
{phorum dir}/mods/foo/settings.php. In the admin interface under
the option "Modules", a link to the settings.php page will
automatically be added if the settings.php file is available
for your module.
Although you can do anything you want in your settings.php script,
it is recommended that you use the tools that are handed to you
by Phorum for building pages and storing settings.
If the standard tools are not enough for building your settings
page, then it is of course fine to do things differently
(e.g. let your module create and use database tables or build the
full settings interface using your own form code.)
The Phorum PHP object "PhorumInputForm" can be used to build
input forms and table displays in the admin interface.
The best thing you can do for learning the possibilities of
this class is to look at other Phorum modules (like "bbcode"
or "replace") or the core admin scripts from the
{phorum dir}/include/admin directory.