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Re: Limiting # characters in textarea [message #182533 is a reply to message #182528]

Sun, 11 August 2013 00:52

Richard Damon
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On 8/10/13 4:54 PM, Twayne wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Win 7, XAMPP Local Server, PHP 5.3. Target; Online Submitted Forms for
> the general public:
>
> I am trying to come up with a way to force a limit to the length of a
> textarea. It would be nice, but it's not a dealbreaker if it's not
> reasonable to do due to imposed limitations, if a counter could display
> characters entered or characters left. Or even just stopping accepting
> digits when the limit is reached would also be acceptable. I'm pretty
> flexible; exact counts aren't even necessary if they're just ballpark
> numbers.
>
> I discovered maxlength has been added to HTML 5 but many people aren't
> using HTML 5 compatibility yet.
> I've located several ways to make it happen that use javascript or
> JQuery, but javascript isn't allowed to be used in this case. I've done
> a fair amount of research without any real success, I'm afraid.
>
> The limitation I want to impose is in addition the the "standard" ways
> of validating the textarea. I don't want to be victimized by a
> "character bomb" or something similar that goes on for pages and pages,
> for instance.
> Using only HTML or PHP or a combo of the two, might anyone here have a
> proven method for limiting the length of a textarea other than
> truncating it without the sender's knowledge?
>
> Except for js and the like, I'm open to alternatives, of course.
> Although code is always nice, air code often suffices too.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Twayne`

No matter what you place in your form to limit the field, you script
still needs to be robust against an over-length field, as the submission
is user controlled, and may possible contain any data the user wishes to
send. (Validate ALL user input).

You can always get around the "without the sender's knowledge" by having
the validation send the user a message (on the resultant page), and
possible ask for confirmation.

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		Limiting # characters in textarea By: bill on Sat, 10 August 2013 20:54
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Martin Leese on Sat, 10 August 2013 23:11
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: bill on Sat, 10 August 2013 23:23
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: BootNic on Sun, 11 August 2013 01:57
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Norman Peelman on Sat, 10 August 2013 23:23
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: bill on Mon, 12 August 2013 17:43
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Norman Peelman on Mon, 12 August 2013 22:13
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Jerry Stuckle on Sat, 10 August 2013 23:36
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Richard Damon on Sun, 11 August 2013 00:52
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: bill on Mon, 12 August 2013 17:48
		Re: Limiting # characters in textarea By: Allodoxaphobia on Sun, 11 August 2013 16:39

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