count_words
   This is used to count the number of words in a variable.
  
Example 5-7. count_words 
<?php      $smarty->assign('articleTitle', 'Dealers Will Hear Car Talk at Noon.');
  ?>
 |  
 
    Where template is:
    {$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_words} |  
 
    This will output:
    Dealers Will Hear Car Talk at Noon.
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  | 
   See also count_characters,
   count_paragraphs and
   count_sentences.