diff --git a/library/smarty/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php b/library/smarty/libs/plugins/modifiercompiler.count_characters.php
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-<?php
-/**
- * Smarty plugin
- *
- * @package    Smarty
- * @subpackage PluginsModifierCompiler
- */
-
-/**
- * Smarty count_characters modifier plugin
- * Type:     modifier<br>
- * Name:     count_characteres<br>
- * Purpose:  count the number of characters in a text
- *
- * @link   http://www.smarty.net/manual/en/language.modifier.count.characters.php count_characters (Smarty online manual)
- * @author Uwe Tews
- *
- * @param array $params parameters
- *
- * @return string with compiled code
- */
-function smarty_modifiercompiler_count_characters($params) {
-    if (!isset($params[1]) || $params[1] != 'true') {
-        return 'preg_match_all(\'/[^\s]/' . Smarty::$_UTF8_MODIFIER . '\',' . $params[0] . ', $tmp)';
-    }
-    if (Smarty::$_MBSTRING) {
-        return 'mb_strlen(' . $params[0] . ', \'' . addslashes(Smarty::$_CHARSET) . '\')';
-    }
-    // no MBString fallback
-    return 'strlen(' . $params[0] . ')';
-}