<?php

/**

 * Smarty plugin

 * @package Smarty

 * @subpackage plugins

 */

/**

 * Smarty count_sentences modifier plugin

 *

 * Type:     modifier<br>

 * Name:     count_sentences

 * Purpose:  count the number of sentences in a text

 * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.paragraphs.php

 *          count_sentences (Smarty online manual)

 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>

 * @param string

 * @return integer

 */

function smarty_modifier_count_sentences($string)

{

    // find periods with a word before but not after.

    return preg_match_all('/[^\s]\.(?!\w)/', $string, $match);

}

/* vim: set expandtab: */

?>