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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage plugins
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Smarty count_characters modifier plugin
+ *
+ * Type:     modifier<br>
+ * Name:     count_characteres<br>
+ * Purpose:  count the number of characters in a text
+ * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.characters.php
+ *          count_characters (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @param string
+ * @param boolean include whitespace in the character count
+ * @return integer
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_count_characters($string, $include_spaces = false)
+{
+    if ($include_spaces)
+       return(strlen($string));
+
+    return preg_match_all("/[^\s]/",$string, $match);
+}
+
+/* vim: set expandtab: */
+
+?>