Modifier function arguments

Hello all, i'm writing a small website management with the use of smarty. Now i'm at a poit where i need the $smarty object in the modifier function. Is there a way to give the modifier function more then one argument? There ist on $message available in the function. In the outputfilters is the parameter i need in the modifiers: &$smarty. I really need help because i'm writing a modifier which shoul have access to all assigned variables. In an outputfilter i have written i'm using these vars like this: $smarty->_tpl_vars['VAR_NAME'] Kind regards Johannes