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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage plugins
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Smarty count_words modifier plugin
+ *
+ * Type:     modifier<br>
+ * Name:     count_words<br>
+ * Purpose:  count the number of words in a text
+ * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.words.php
+ *          count_words (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>
+ * @param string
+ * @return integer
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_count_words($string)
+{
+    // split text by ' ',\r,\n,\f,\t
+    $split_array = preg_split('/\s+/',$string);
+    // count matches that contain alphanumerics
+    $word_count = preg_grep('/[a-zA-Z0-9\\x80-\\xff]/', $split_array);
+
+    return count($word_count);
+}
+
+/* vim: set expandtab: */
+
+?>