<?php 
/** 
 * Smarty plugin 
 * @package Smarty 
 * @subpackage plugins 
 */ 
 
 
/** 
 * Smarty count_sentences modifier plugin 
 * 
 * Type:     modifier<br> 
 * Name:     count_sentences 
 * Purpose:  count the number of sentences in a text 
 * @link http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.paragraphs.php 
 *          count_sentences (Smarty online manual) 
 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com> 
 * @param string 
 * @return integer 
 */ 
function smarty_modifier_count_sentences($string) 
{ 
    // find periods with a word before but not after. 
    return preg_match_all('/[^\s]\.(?!\w)/', $string, $match); 
} 
 
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