diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index aaf66512..2ab41c82 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase
     /**
      * smarty version
      */
-    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.22-dev/11';
+    const SMARTY_VERSION = '3.1.22-dev/12';
 
     /**
      * define variable scopes
diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_parsetree_tag.php b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_parsetree_tag.php
index eb14db1c..878c7668 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_parsetree_tag.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_parsetree_tag.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_ParseTree_Tag extends Smarty_Internal_ParseTree
     public function assign_to_var()
     {
         $var = sprintf('$_tmp%d', ++ Smarty_Internal_Templateparser::$prefix_number);
-        $this->parser->compiler->prefix_code[] = sprintf("<?php ob_start();\n%s\n%s=ob_get_clean();?>", preg_replace(array('/^\s*<\?php\s+/', '/\s*\?>\s*$/'), '', $this->data), $var);
+        $this->parser->compiler->prefix_code[] = sprintf("<?php ob_start();?>\n%s\n<?php %s=ob_get_clean();?>", $this->data, $var);
 
         return $var;
     }