I want to create a forum from a new extension

[edzela]

Hi guys,
I am creating a new extension and from it I want to create a new extension, I was trying to do this but is not working, please any ideas? The problem is that form_helper is not working, i think because I don't have the folder /phpbb/form/helper
I am getting this message: You have requested a non-existent service

I am using phpbb 3.2.8

or there is another way to do it?.

Please advise

thanks a lot in advance!

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	global $phpbb_container;

		$this->container = $phpbb_container;

		$form_helper = $this->container->get('form_helper');

		// Set the form data
		$form_data = array(
			'forum_name' => $permalink,
			'forum_desc' => 'This is my new forum',
			'parent_id' => 67, // set the parent forum ID here
		);

		// Build the form
		$form_helper->set_form_key('acp_forums');
		$form_helper->add_hidden_field('mode', 'new');
		$form_helper->add_hidden_field('i', 'acp_forums');
		foreach ($form_data as $key => $value) {
			$form_helper->add_text_field($key, $value);
		}

		// Submit the form
		$form_url = append_sid($phpbb_root_path . 'adm/index.php');
		$response = $form_helper->submit_form($form_url);

		// Check for errors
		if ($response->get_error_code() !== false) {
			// There was an error creating the forum
			echo 'Error: ' . $response->get_error_message();
		} else {
			// The forum was created successfully
			echo 'Forum created successfully';
		}

[warmweer]

I am creating a new extension and from it I want to create a new extension,

Wouldn't it be logical to finalise creating your (first) extension, test that thoroughly and then develop the second one?

Another thing is: what exactly do you want your extension(s) to do?
Your topic title mentions creating a forum from a new extension which is ambiguous to put it mildly.
An extension works within a board and it sounds as though you want to be able to create a new board programmatically from within the already existing board which implies creating a directory for the files (and uploading), creating a database to use, or using the same database with a different table_prefix, creating the config.php, etc...