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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ *
+ * @package    Smarty
+ * @subpackage PluginsModifierCompiler
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Smarty strip_tags modifier plugin
+ * Type:     modifier<br>
+ * Name:     strip_tags<br>
+ * Purpose:  strip html tags from text
+ *
+ * @link   http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.strip.tags.php strip_tags (Smarty online manual)
+ * @author Uwe Tews
+ *
+ * @param array $params parameters
+ *
+ * @return string with compiled code
+ */
+function smarty_modifiercompiler_strip_tags($params) {
+    if (!isset($params[1]) || $params[1] === true || trim($params[1], '"') == 'true') {
+        return "preg_replace('!<[^>]*?>!', ' ', {$params[0]})";
+    } else {
+        return 'strip_tags(' . $params[0] . ')';
+    }
+}