diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 66a6d31b..e2b107b5 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+25/09/2010
+- bugfix on some compiling modifiers
+
 24/09/2010
 - bugfix merge_compiled_includes flag was not restored correctly in {block} tag
 
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php
index 6f00e6aa..40867f52 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ function smarty_modifiercompiler_count_characters($params, $compiler)
     if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) {
         // count also spaces?
         if (isset($params[1]) && $params[1] == 'true') {
-            return '(mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strlen(' . $params[0] . ', SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strlen(' . $params[0] . ')';
+            return '((mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strlen(' . $params[0] . ', SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strlen(' . $params[0] . '))';
         } 
-        return '(mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? preg_match_all(\'#[^\s\pZ]#u\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp) : preg_match_all(\'/[^\s]/\',' . $params[0] . ', $tmp)';
+        return '((mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? preg_match_all(\'#[^\s\pZ]#u\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp) : preg_match_all(\'/[^\s]/\',' . $params[0] . ', $tmp))';
     } else {
         // count also spaces?
         if (isset($params[1]) && $params[1] == 'true') {
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php
index 7eaaf749..dbc2f43b 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_words.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function smarty_modifiercompiler_count_words($params, $compiler)
 { 
     // mb_ functions available?
     if (function_exists('mb_strlen')) {
-        return '(mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? preg_match_all(\'#[\w\pL]+#u\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp) : preg_match_all(\'#\w+#\',' . $params[0] . ', $tmp)';
+        return '((mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? preg_match_all(\'#[\w\pL]+#u\', ' . $params[0] . ', $tmp) : preg_match_all(\'#\w+#\',' . $params[0] . ', $tmp))';
     } else {
         return 'str_word_count(' . $params[0] . ')';
     } 
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.lower.php b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.lower.php
index 2018bbf4..3604994a 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.lower.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.lower.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 function smarty_modifiercompiler_lower($params, $compiler)
 {
     if (function_exists('mb_strtolower')) {
-        return '(mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strtolower(' . $params[0] . ',SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strtolower(' . $params[0] . ')' ;
+        return '((mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strtolower(' . $params[0] . ',SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strtolower(' . $params[0] . '))' ;
     } else {
         return 'strtolower(' . $params[0] . ')';
     } 
diff --git a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.upper.php b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.upper.php
index def73043..2869b879 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.upper.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.upper.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 function smarty_modifiercompiler_upper($params, $compiler)
 {
     if (function_exists('mb_strtoupper')) {
-        return '(mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strtoupper(' . $params[0] . ',SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strtoupper(' . $params[0] . ')' ;
+        return '((mb_detect_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', \'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1\') === \'UTF-8\') ? mb_strtoupper(' . $params[0] . ',SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET) : strtoupper(' . $params[0] . '))' ;
     } else {
         return 'strtoupper(' . $params[0] . ')';
     }