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+<?php\r
+/**\r
+ * Smarty plugin\r
+ *\r
+ * @package Smarty\r
+ * @subpackage PluginsModifierCompiler\r
+ */\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Smarty from_charset modifier plugin\r
+ *\r
+ * Type: modifier<br>\r
+ * Name: from_charset<br>\r
+ * Purpose: convert character encoding from $charset to internal encoding\r
+ *\r
+ * @author Rodney Rehm\r
+ * @param array $params parameters\r
+ * @return string with compiled code\r
+ */\r
+function smarty_modifiercompiler_from_charset($params, $compiler)\r
+{\r
+ if (!SMARTY_MBSTRING /* ^phpunit */&&empty($_SERVER['SMARTY_PHPUNIT_DISABLE_MBSTRING'])/* phpunit$ */) {\r
+ // FIXME: (rodneyrehm) shouldn't this throw an error?\r
+ return $params[0];\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ if (!isset($params[1])) {\r
+ $params[1] = '"ISO-8859-1"';\r
+ }\r
+\r
+ return 'mb_convert_encoding(' . $params[0] . ', SMARTY_RESOURCE_CHAR_SET, ' . $params[1] . ')';\r
+}\r
+\r
+?>
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