Smarty Template Help Please.....

[Chunks]

Hi all,

iam trying to learn the ways of the smarty templating engine, and i have struck a problem..... when i place this {$content|count_characters} in my template file it gives me an error. (count_characters is suppose to be a "variable modifier" a feature built-in to the smarty class)... if i leave the variable untouched it works eg {$content}...this works just fine.

Fatal error: Smarty plugin error: [in rejuvenators.tpl line 32]: modifier 'count_characters' is not implemented in D:\includes\Smarty.class.php on line 2005

the error suggests this is not a feature of smarty? but according to the manual it is? Do i have to enable "variable modifiers" in the Config_File.class.php file or else where??

just for interest sake i tried {$smarty.server.REMOTE_ADDR} and this works fine. $smarty is some kinda "reserved variable"

I am stumped i have searched the smarty manual and i can't see a solution the problems i am having.... by all suggestions any "variable modifier" should just work!

Any help will be much appreciated!

Regards
Chunks

PS. Smarty verions i am using is Ver 2.3.1

[tfountain]

Make sure you have the file 'modifier.count_characters.php' in your Smarty plugins directory. If so, it might be worth checking to see if any of the other standard modifiers work.