smarty/docs/en/designers/language-modifiers/language-modifier-count-characters.xml

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 <sect1 id="language.modifier.count.characters">
  <title>count_characters</title>
    <para>
     This is used to count the number of characters in a variable.
  </para>
  <informaltable frame="all">
   <tgroup cols="5">
    <colspec colname="param" align="center" />
    <colspec colname="type" align="center" />
    <colspec colname="required" align="center" />
    <colspec colname="default" align="center" />
    <colspec colname="desc" />
    <thead>
     <row>
      <entry>Parameter Position</entry>
      <entry>Type</entry>
      <entry>Required</entry>
      <entry>Default</entry>
      <entry>Description</entry>
     </row>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
     <row>
      <entry>1</entry>
      <entry>boolean</entry>
      <entry>No</entry>
      <entry>&false;</entry>
      <entry>This determines whether or not to include
      whitespace characters in the count.</entry>
     </row>
    </tbody>
   </tgroup>
  </informaltable>

  <example>
   <title>count_characters</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.');

?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <para>
    Where template is:
   </para>
   <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_characters}
{$articleTitle|count_characters:true}
]]>
   </programlisting>
   <para>
    Will output:
   </para>
   <screen>
<![CDATA[
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.
29
33
]]>
   </screen>
  </example>
  <para>
   See also
   <link linkend="language.modifier.count.words"><varname>count_words</varname></link>,
   <link linkend="language.modifier.count.sentences"><varname>count_sentences</varname></link> and
   <link linkend="language.modifier.count.paragraphs"><varname>count_paragraphs</varname></link>.
  </para>
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