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This is used to count the number of paragraphs in a variable.
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<?php
$smarty->assign('articleTitle',
"War Dims Hope for Peace. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday.\n\n
Man is Fatally Slain. Death Causes Loneliness, Feeling of Isolation."
);
?>
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Where template is:
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{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_paragraphs}
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Will output:
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War Dims Hope for Peace. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday.
Man is Fatally Slain. Death Causes Loneliness, Feeling of Isolation.
2
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<a class="link" href="language.modifier.count.sentences.html" title="count_sentences"><code class="varname">count_sentences</code></a>
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<a class="link" href="language.modifier.count.words.html" title="count_words"><code class="varname">count_words</code></a>.
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