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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<sect1 id="language.modifier.count.characters">
<title>count_characters</title>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="5">
<colspec colname="param" align="center" />
<colspec colname="type" align="center" />
<colspec colname="required" align="center" />
<colspec colname="default" align="center" />
<colspec colname="desc" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Parameter Position</entry>
<entry>Type</entry>
<entry>Required</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry>boolean</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>false</entry>
<entry>This determines whether or not to include
whitespace characters in the count.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
<para>
This is used to count the number of characters in a variable.
</para>
<example>
<title>count_characters</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
Where template is:
</para>
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_characters}
{$articleTitle|count_characters:true}
]]>
</programlisting>
<para>
This will output:
</para>
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.
29
33
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<para>
See also
<link linkend="language.modifier.count.words">count_words</link>,
<link linkend="language.modifier.count.sentences">count_sentences</link> and
<link linkend="language.modifier.count.paragraphs">count_paragraphs</link>.
</para>
</sect1>
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