diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/ModifierIssue327Test.php b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/ModifierIssue327Test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty PHPunit tests compiler errors
+ *
+ * @package PHPunit
+ * @author  Uwe Tews
+ */
+
+/**
+ * class for compiler tests
+ *
+ * @runTestsInSeparateProcess
+ * @preserveGlobalState    disabled
+ * @backupStaticAttributes enabled
+ */
+class ModifierIssue327Test extends PHPUnit_Smarty
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->setUpSmarty(dirname(__FILE__));
+    }
+
+    public function testInit()
+    {
+        $this->cleanDirs();
+    }
+
+    public function testModifier327()
+    {
+          $this->assertEquals('hello you', $this->smarty->fetch('string:{"hello world"|substr:0:-5|cat:"you"}'));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/cache/dummy.txt b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/cache/dummy.txt
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diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/templates_c/dummy.txt b/tests/UnitTests/TemplateSource/_Issues/327/templates_c/dummy.txt
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