count_characters
     This is used to count the number of characters in a variable.
  
| Example 5-4. count_characters | 
<?php
 $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.');
 
 ?>
 | 
 
    Where template is:
    | {$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_characters}
{$articleTitle|count_characters:true} | 
 
    This will output:
    | Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures.
29
33 | 
 | 
   See also
   count_words,
   count_sentences and
   count_paragraphs.