Existing cvar value that you will need to read only once:
PHP Code:
iValue = get_cvar_num( "mp_timelimit" );
Existing cvar value that you may need to read multiple times:
PHP Code:
//Read this only once
pCVar = get_cvar_pointer( "mp_timelimit" );
iValue = get_pcvar_num( pCVar );
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