More Tag Code Goes Where?

I posted a question in this thread but since it was resolved I dont think I will get much response. Please take a look here because my more tag is not working and I am trying to understand the instructions.

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/168032?replies=10

function the_content('more_link_text', $stripteaser = 0, 'more_file = ''') {
	$content = get_the_content($more_link_text);
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
	echo $content;
}

function get_the_content($more_link_text = null, $stripteaser = 0, $more_file = '') {
	global $id, $post, $more, $page, $pages, $multipage, $preview, $pagenow;

	if ( null === $more_link_text )
		$more_link_text = __( '(more...)' );

	$output = '';

What does null mean? Where exactly do I enter global more using php because none of this has php tags. This is in the wp-includes/post-template.php file. Please help because I am tired of using excerpt editor.