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Parameter $type

Expected type: Enumerated String
Description: The sorting type

Possible string values
Allowed values	Description
'replies'	Gets the top topics according to how many replies they have (default value)
'views'	Gets the top topics according to how many times they've been viewed

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Parameter $num_topics

Expected type: Integer
Description: How many topics to get (defaults to 10)

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Parameter $output_method

Expected type: String
Description: Standard SSI.php output_method variable. Function displays pre-formatted results if this is 'echo', otherwise the array is returned. An array is also returned if no topics are found. Default (like usual) is echo.

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Return value

Expected type: Array
Description: If output_method is 'echo', this function will simply display a pre-formatted version of the results. Otherwise returns an array of arrays, each representing a separate topic and containing the following keys

Array Elements
Key	Optional	Expected type	Description
href	no	String	The URL to the topic
id	no	Integer	The topic ID
link	no	String	The link to the topic
num_replies	no	Integer	How many replies this topic has
num_views	no	Integer	How many times this topic has been viewed
subject	no	String	The subject of the topic