<?php
    
$smarty->assign('articleTitle',
                 'Two Soviet Ships Collide - One Dies.
                 Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe.'
                 );

?>

   

Шаблон:

{$articleTitle}
{$articleTitle|count_sentences}

   

Результат обработки:

Two Soviet Ships Collide - One Dies. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe.
2