diff --git a/Smarty.class.php b/Smarty.class.php
index a18785e7..5d876197 100644
--- a/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/Smarty.class.php
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class Smarty
 											// sub directories are more efficient, but
 											// you can set this to false if your PHP environment
 											// does not allow the creation of them.
+	var $default_modifiers		= '';
+											// modifier string to implicitly append to every var
+											// example: '|escape:"htmlall"'
 
 /**************************************************************************/
 /* END SMARTY CONFIGURATION SECTION                                       */
@@ -1073,6 +1076,7 @@ function _generate_debug_output() {
         $smarty_compiler->trusted_dir       = $this->trusted_dir;
         $smarty_compiler->_plugins          = &$this->_plugins;
         $smarty_compiler->_tpl_vars         = &$this->_tpl_vars;
+        $smarty_compiler->default_modifiers = $this->default_modifiers;
 
         if ($smarty_compiler->_compile_file($tpl_file, $template_source, $template_compiled))
             return true;
diff --git a/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index c4c9368e..d65d46bc 100644
--- a/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -1109,6 +1109,13 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
         $var_ref = $parts[0];
         $modifiers = isset($parts[1]) ? $parts[1] : '';
 
+		
+		if(!empty($this->default_modifiers) && !strstr($modifiers,'smarty:nodefaults')) {
+			$modifiers = empty($modifiers) ? $this->default_modifiers : $this->default_modifiers . '|' . $modifiers;
+		}
+		
+		$modifiers = str_replace(array('smarty:nodefaults','||'),array('','|'),$modifiers);
+			
         preg_match_all('!\[(?:\$\w+|\w+(\.\w+)?)\]|(->|\.)\$?\w+|^\w+!', $var_ref, $match);
         $indexes = $match[0];
         $var_name = array_shift($indexes);
diff --git a/docs/designers.sgml b/docs/designers.sgml
index d33170a2..67e5666e 100644
--- a/docs/designers.sgml
+++ b/docs/designers.sgml
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ no title</programlisting>
                         <entry>1</entry>
                         <entry>string</entry>
                         <entry>No</entry>
-                        <entry>html,url,quotes,hex,hexentity</entry>
+                        <entry>html,htmlall,url,quotes,hex,hexentity</entry>
                         <entry>html</entry>
                         <entry>This is the escape format to use.</entry>
                     </row>
@@ -678,12 +678,12 @@ no title</programlisting>
                 </tgroup>
             </informaltable>
 			<para>
-			This is used to html (or htmlall) escape, url escape, escape single
-			quotes on a variable not already escaped, hex escape or hexentity
-			escape. hex and hexentity escape can be used in conjunction to hide
-			"mailto:" links on a page from web spiders (spam collectors) and
-			yet keep them readable and linkable. By default, the variable is
-			html escaped.
+			This is used to html escape, url escape, escape single quotes on a
+			variable not already escaped, hex escape or hexentity escape. hex
+			and hexentity escape can be used in conjunction to hide "mailto:"
+			links on a page from web spiders (spam collectors) and yet keep
+			them readable and linkable. By default, the variable is html
+			escaped.
 			</para>
 <example>
 <title>escape</title>
@@ -1195,8 +1195,8 @@ Blind woman gets new kidney&lt;br&gt;
 from dad she hasn't seen in years.
 
 Blind woman gets new kidney fr
-om dad she hasn't seen in
-years.</programlisting>
+om dad she hasn't seen in year
+s.</programlisting>
 </example>
         </sect1>
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index a18785e7..5d876197 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ class Smarty
 											// sub directories are more efficient, but
 											// you can set this to false if your PHP environment
 											// does not allow the creation of them.
+	var $default_modifiers		= '';
+											// modifier string to implicitly append to every var
+											// example: '|escape:"htmlall"'
 
 /**************************************************************************/
 /* END SMARTY CONFIGURATION SECTION                                       */
@@ -1073,6 +1076,7 @@ function _generate_debug_output() {
         $smarty_compiler->trusted_dir       = $this->trusted_dir;
         $smarty_compiler->_plugins          = &$this->_plugins;
         $smarty_compiler->_tpl_vars         = &$this->_tpl_vars;
+        $smarty_compiler->default_modifiers = $this->default_modifiers;
 
         if ($smarty_compiler->_compile_file($tpl_file, $template_source, $template_compiled))
             return true;
diff --git a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
index c4c9368e..d65d46bc 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty_Compiler.class.php
@@ -1109,6 +1109,13 @@ class Smarty_Compiler extends Smarty {
         $var_ref = $parts[0];
         $modifiers = isset($parts[1]) ? $parts[1] : '';
 
+		
+		if(!empty($this->default_modifiers) && !strstr($modifiers,'smarty:nodefaults')) {
+			$modifiers = empty($modifiers) ? $this->default_modifiers : $this->default_modifiers . '|' . $modifiers;
+		}
+		
+		$modifiers = str_replace(array('smarty:nodefaults','||'),array('','|'),$modifiers);
+			
         preg_match_all('!\[(?:\$\w+|\w+(\.\w+)?)\]|(->|\.)\$?\w+|^\w+!', $var_ref, $match);
         $indexes = $match[0];
         $var_name = array_shift($indexes);