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+<?php
+/**
+ * Smarty plugin
+ *
+ * @package Smarty
+ * @subpackage PluginsFilter
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Smarty htmlspecialchars variablefilter plugin
+ *
+ * @param string $source input string
+ * @param Smarty_Internal_Template $smarty Smarty object
+ * @return string filtered output
+ */
+function smarty_variablefilter_htmlspecialchars($source, $smarty)
+{
+ return htmlspecialchars($source, ENT_QUOTES, Smarty::$_CHARSET);
+}
+
+?>
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