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Re: Limiting # characters in textarea [message #182530 is a reply to message #182528]

Sat, 10 August 2013 23:23

Norman Peelman
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On 08/10/2013 04:54 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`

maxlength has been around long before HTML5... The <input> control
will simply stop accepting characters. Without JS, it will just truncate
upon insertion, even from copy/paste. You'll just have to indicate that
data entry for that field is limited.

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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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