<?php

/**

 * Smarty shared plugin

 * @package Smarty

 * @subpackage plugins

 */

/**

 * Function: smarty_make_timestamp<br>

 * Purpose:  used by other smarty functions to make a timestamp

 *           from a string.

 * @author   Monte Ohrt <monte at ohrt dot com>

 * @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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?>