/**
* Smarty shared plugin
* @package Smarty
* @subpackage plugins
*/
/**
* Function: smarty_make_timestamp
* Purpose: used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp
* from a string.
* @author Monte Ohrt
* @param string
* @return string
*/
function smarty_make_timestamp($string)
{
if(empty($string)) {
// use "now":
$time = time();
} elseif (preg_match('/^\d{14}$/', $string)) {
// it is mysql timestamp format of YYYYMMDDHHMMSS?
$time = mktime(substr($string, 8, 2),substr($string, 10, 2),substr($string, 12, 2),
substr($string, 4, 2),substr($string, 6, 2),substr($string, 0, 4));
} elseif (is_numeric($string)) {
// it is a numeric string, we handle it as timestamp
$time = (int)$string;
} else {
// strtotime should handle it
$time = strtotime($string);
if ($time == -1 || $time === false) {
// strtotime() was not able to parse $string, use "now":
$time = time();
}
}
return $time;
}
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