smarty/docs/en/designers/language-combining-modifiers.xml

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<chapter id="language.combining.modifiers">
 <title>Combining Modifiers</title>
 <para>
  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 <literal>|</literal> (pipe) character.
 </para>
 <example>
  <title>combining modifiers</title>
  <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
index.php:
<?php
$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Smokers are Productive, but Death Cuts Efficiency.');
$smarty->display('index.tpl');
?>

index.tpl:

{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|upper|spacify}
{$articleTitle|lower|spacify|truncate}
{$articleTitle|lower|truncate:30|spacify}
{$articleTitle|lower|spacify|truncate:30:". . ."}
]]>
  </programlisting>
 <para>
  The above example will output:
 </para>
 <screen>
<![CDATA[
Smokers are Productive, but Death Cuts Efficiency.
S M O K E R S   A R E   P R O D U C T I V E ,   B U T   D E A T H   C U T S   E F F I C I E N C Y .
s m o k e r s   a r e   p r o d u c t i v e ,   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. . .
]]>
  </screen>
 </example>
</chapter>

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