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# Variable Modifiers
Variable modifiers can be applied to
[variables](../language-variables/index.md), [custom functions](../language-custom-functions/index.md)
or strings. To apply a modifier,
specify the value followed by a `|` (pipe) and the modifier name. A
modifier may accept additional parameters that affect its behavior.
These parameters follow the modifier name and are separated by a `:`
(colon). Also, *all php-functions can be used as modifiers implicitly*
(more below) and modifiers can be
[combined](../language-combining-modifiers.md).
- [capitalize](language-modifier-capitalize.md)
- [cat](language-modifier-cat.md)
- [count_characters](language-modifier-count-characters.md)
- [count_paragraphs](language-modifier-count-paragraphs.md)
- [count_sentences](language-modifier-count-sentences.md)
- [count_words](language-modifier-count-words.md)
- [date_format](language-modifier-date-format.md)
- [default](language-modifier-default.md)
- [escape](language-modifier-escape.md)
- [from_charset](language-modifier-from-charset.md)
- [indent](language-modifier-indent.md)
- [lower](language-modifier-lower.md)
- [nl2br](language-modifier-nl2br.md)
- [regex_replace](language-modifier-regex-replace.md)
- [replace](language-modifier-replace.md)
- [spacify](language-modifier-spacify.md)
- [string_format](language-modifier-string-format.md)
- [strip](language-modifier-strip.md)
- [strip_tags](language-modifier-strip-tags.md)
- [to_charset](language-modifier-to-charset.md)
- [truncate](language-modifier-truncate.md)
- [unescape](language-modifier-unescape.md)
- [upper](language-modifier-upper.md)
- [wordwrap](language-modifier-wordwrap.md)
## Examples
```smarty
{* apply modifier to a variable *}
{$title|upper}
{* modifier with parameters *}
{$title|truncate:40:"..."}
{* apply modifier to a function parameter *}
{html_table loop=$myvar|upper}
{* with parameters *}
{html_table loop=$myvar|truncate:40:"..."}
{* apply modifier to literal string *}
{"foobar"|upper}
{* using date_format to format the current date *}
{$smarty.now|date_format:"%Y/%m/%d"}
{* apply modifier to a custom function *}
{mailto|upper address="[email protected]"}
{* using php's str_repeat *}
{"="|str_repeat:80}
{* php's count *}
{$myArray|@count}
{* this will uppercase and truncate the whole array *}
<select name="name_id">
{html_options output=$my_array|upper|truncate:20}
</select>
```
- Modifiers can be applied to any type of variables, including arrays
and objects.
> **Note**
>
> The default behavior was changed with Smarty 3. In Smarty 2.x, you
> had to use an "`@`" symbol to apply a modifier to an array, such
> as `{$articleTitle|@count}`. With Smarty 3, the "`@`" is no
> longer necessary, and is ignored.
>
> If you want a modifier to apply to each individual item of an
> array, you will either need to loop the array in the template, or
> provide for this functionality inside your modifier function.
> **Note**
>
> Second, in Smarty 2.x, modifiers were applied to the result of
> math expressions like `{8+2}`, meaning that
> `{8+2|count_characters}` would give `2`, as 8+2=10 and 10 is two
> characters long. With Smarty 3, modifiers are applied to the
> variables or atomic expressions before executing the calculations,
> so since 2 is one character long, `{8+2|count_characters}`
> gives 9. To get the old result use parentheses like
> `{(8+2)|count_characters}`.
- Modifiers are autoloaded from the
[`$plugins_dir`](../../programmers/api-variables/variable-plugins-dir.md) or can be registered
explicitly with the [`registerPlugin()`](../../programmers/api-functions/api-register-plugin.md)
function. The later is useful for sharing a function between php
scripts and smarty templates.
- All php-functions can be used as modifiers implicitly, as
demonstrated in the example above. However, using php-functions as
modifiers has two little pitfalls:
- First - sometimes the order of the function-parameters is not
the desirable one. Formatting `$foo` with
`{"%2.f"|sprintf:$foo}` actually works, but asks for the more
intuitive, like `{$foo|string_format:"%2.f"}` that is provided
by the Smarty distribution.
- Secondly - if security is enabled, all php-functions that are to
be used as modifiers have to be declared trusted in the
`$modifiers` property of the security policy. See the
[Security](../../programmers/advanced-features/advanced-features-security.md) section for details.
See also [`registerPlugin()`](../../programmers/api-functions/api-register-plugin.md), [combining
modifiers](../language-combining-modifiers.md). and [extending smarty with
plugins](../../programmers/plugins.md)