+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage plugins
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Smarty count_paragraphs modifier plugin
+ *
+ * Type: modifier<br>
+ * Name: count_paragraphs<br>
+ * Purpose: count the number of paragraphs in a text
+ * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.paragraphs.php
+ * count_paragraphs (Smarty online manual)
+ * @param string
+ * @return integer
+ */
+function smarty_modifier_count_paragraphs($string)
+{
+ // count \r or \n characters
+ return count(preg_split('/[\r\n]+/', $string));
+}
+
+/* vim: set expandtab: */
+
+?>