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onyx2/modules/templates/smarty/plugins/modifier.count_characters.php

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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage PluginsModifier
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * 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 $string input string
+ * @param boolean $include_spaces include whitespace in the character count
+ * @return integer number of characters
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_count_characters($string, $include_spaces = false)
+{
+    if ($include_spaces)
+       return(strlen($string));
+
+    return preg_match_all("/[^\s]/",$string, $match);
+}
+?>