* Name:     count_paragraphs
 * 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)
 * @author   Monte Ohrt 
 * @param string
 * @return integer
 */
function smarty_modifier_count_paragraphs($string)
{
    // count \r or \n characters
    return count(preg_split('/[\r\n]+/', $string));
}
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