count_paragraphs
   This is used to count the number of paragraphs in a variable.
  
| Example 5-5. count_paragraphs | 
<?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."
 );
 
 ?>
 | 
 
    Where template is:
    | {$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_paragraphs} | 
 
    This will output:
    | War Dims Hope for Peace. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday.
     
Man is Fatally Slain. Death Causes Loneliness, Feeling of Isolation.
2 | 
 | 
   See also count_characters,
   count_sentences and
   count_words.