Help with the numeric value present in DB when defining forum permissions

[st@rsky]

Hi Everyone!

I am trying to post a new thread using PHP code that I have written myself.

I have checked the posting permissions and what I did was to retrieve the information from the relevant table in the DB. When I get the information, I have the field "forumpermissions" which resides within a table of the same name, but I don't understand how the numeric value changes when you adjust the permissions for a particular forum.

Any suggestions on how this numeric value changes when permissions are updated?

Thanks in advance.