Re: [PHP] Limiting character input in </span></a></span> </h1> <p class="darkgray font13"> <span class="sender pipe"><a href="/search?l=php-general@lists.php.net&q=from:%22Richard+Davey%22" rel="nofollow"><span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name">Richard Davey</span></span></a></span> <span class="date"><a href="/search?l=php-general@lists.php.net&q=date:20041116" rel="nofollow">Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:29:04 -0800</a></span> </p> </div> <div itemprop="articleBody" class="msgBody"> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <pre>Hello Garth, Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 7:59:35 AM, you wrote:</pre><pre> GHS> Unlike the input fields that use maxlength to define the number of character GHS> allowed. Textarea doesnt seem to have that capability. I want to limit the GHS> number of character to 255. GHS> IS there any way of doing this without having to break my neck about it? Client-side, only with JavaScript. Server-side, just count how many characters they have entered: if (strlen($textarea_content) > 255) { echo "Error message here"; } Best regards, Richard Davey -- <a href="http://www.launchcode.co.uk">http://www.launchcode.co.uk</a> - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (<a href="http://www.php.net/">http://www.php.net/</a>) To unsubscribe, visit: <a href="http://www.php.net/unsub.php">http://www.php.net/unsub.php</a> </pre> </div> <div class="msgButtons margintopdouble"> <ul class="overflow"> <li class="msgButtonItems"><a class="button buttonleft " accesskey="p" href="msg156911.html">Previous message</a></li> <li class="msgButtonItems textaligncenter"><a class="button" accesskey="c" href="thrd13.html#156915">View by thread</a></li> <li class="msgButtonItems textaligncenter"><a class="button" accesskey="i" href="mail15.html#156915">View by date</a></li> <li class="msgButtonItems textalignright"><a class="button buttonright " accesskey="n" href="msg156942.html">Next message</a></li> </ul> </div> <a name="tslice"></a> <div class="tSliceList margintopdouble"> <ul class="icons monospace"> <li class="icons-email"><span class="subject"><a href="msg156911.html">[PHP] Limiting character input in <textarea&...</a></span> <span class="sender italic">Garth Hapgood - Strickland</span></li> <li><ul> <li class="icons-email"><span class="subject"><a href="msg156942.html">Re: [PHP] Limiting character input in <...</a></span> <span class="sender italic">Richard Davey</span></li> <li class="icons-email"><span class="subject"><a href="msg156942.html">Re: [PHP] Limiting character input in <...</a></span> <span class="sender italic">Philip Thompson</span></li> </ul> </ul> </div> <div class="overflow msgActions margintopdouble"> <div class="msgReply" > <h2> Reply via email to </h2> <form method="POST" action="/mailto.php"> <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Re: [PHP] Limiting character input in <textarea>"> <input type="hidden" name="msgid" value="1325621641.20041116081228@launchcode.co.uk"> <input type="hidden" name="relpath" value="php-general@lists.php.net/msg156915.html"> <input type="submit" value=" Richard Davey "> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="aside" role="complementary"> <div class="logo"> <a href="/"><img src="/logo.png" width=247 height=88 alt="The Mail Archive"></a> </div> <form class="overflow" action="/search" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="l" value="php-general@lists.php.net"> <label class="hidden" for="q">Search the site</label> <input class="submittext" type="text" id="q" name="q" placeholder="Search php-general"> <input class="submitbutton" name="submit" type="image" src="/submit.png" alt="Submit"> </form> <div class="nav margintop" id="nav" role="navigation"> <ul class="icons font16"> <li class="icons-home"><a href="/">The Mail Archive home</a></li> <li class="icons-list"><a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/">php-general - all messages</a></li> <li class="icons-about"><a href="/php-general@lists.php.net/info.html">php-general - about the list</a></li> <li class="icons-expand"><a href="/search?l=php-general@lists.php.net&q=subject:%22Re%5C%3A+%5C%5BPHP%5C%5D+Limiting+character+input+in+%3Ctextarea%3E%22&o=newest&f=1" title="e" id="e">Expand</a></li> <li class="icons-prev"><a href="msg156911.html" title="p">Previous message</a></li> <li class="icons-next"><a href="msg156942.html" title="n">Next message</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="listlogo margintopdouble"> <a href="#"><img src="/php-general@lists.php.net/logo.png" alt="php-general"></a> </div> <div class="margintopdouble"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> <ul> <li><a href="/">The Mail Archive home</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#newlist">Add your mailing list</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#support">Support</a></li> <li><a href="/faq.html#privacy">Privacy</a></li> <li class="darkgray">1325621641.20041116081228@launchcode.co.uk</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html> <script>(function(){function c(){var b=a.contentDocument||a.contentWindow.document;if(b){var d=b.createElement('script');d.innerHTML="window.__CF$cv$params={r:'9a3b2b9cebdb880c',t:'MTc2NDAxMTA0OA=='};var a=document.createElement('script');a.src='/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(a);";b.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(d)}}if(document.body){var a=document.createElement('iframe');a.height=1;a.width=1;a.style.position='absolute';a.style.top=0;a.style.left=0;a.style.border='none';a.style.visibility='hidden';document.body.appendChild(a);if('loading'!==document.readyState)c();else if(window.addEventListener)document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',c);else{var e=document.onreadystatechange||function(){};document.onreadystatechange=function(b){e(b);'loading'!==document.readyState&&(document.onreadystatechange=e,c())}}}})();</script>