If set to &true;, the default then variables read in from config files will overwrite each other. Otherwise, the variables will be pushed onto an array. This is helpful if you want to store arrays of data in config files, just list each element multiple times. This examples uses {cycle} to output a table with alternating red/green/blue row colors with $config_overwrite = &false;. The config file. The template with a {section} loop. {section name=r loop=$rows} ....etc.... {/section} ]]> See also {config_load}, get_config_vars(), clear_config(), config_load() and the config files section.