smarty/docs/designers/language-combining-modifiers.md

Combining Modifiers {#language.combining.modifiers}
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You can apply any number of modifiers to a variable. They will be
applied in the order they are combined, from left to right. They must be
separated with a `|` (pipe) character.


    <?php

    $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Smokers are Productive, but Death Cuts Efficiency.');

    ?>

where template is:


    {$articleTitle}
    {$articleTitle|upper|spacify}
    {$articleTitle|lower|spacify|truncate}
    {$articleTitle|lower|truncate:30|spacify}
    {$articleTitle|lower|spacify|truncate:30:". . ."}

      

The above example will output:


    Smokers are Productive, but Death Cuts Efficiency.
    S M O K E R S   A R ....snip....  H   C U T S   E F F I C I E N C Y .
    s m o k e r s   a r ....snip....  b u t   d e a t h   c u t s...
    s m o k e r s   a r e   p r o d u c t i v e ,   b u t . . .
    s m o k e r s   a r e   p. . .