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How to limit form field input?

I'm a beginning PHP programmer. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to
limit a user's input in a text field to 1000 characters?

Thanks,

Tony

Jul 17 '05 #1
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Tony Brinton wrote:
I'm a beginning PHP programmer. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to
limit a user's input in a text field to 1000 characters?


After the user sends his textfield (whatever the length) you can cut
that into the first 1000 characters:
$limited = substr($_POST['textfield'], 0, 1000);
If you want to limit at the client side, there's always the unreliable
option of using JavaScript.
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--= my mail box only accepts =--
--= Content-Type: text/plain =--
--= Size below 10001 bytes =--
Jul 17 '05 #2
"Tony Brinton" <to**@morris-design.com> wrote in message
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I'm a beginning PHP programmer. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to
limit a user's input in a text field to 1000 characters?


<input type="text" maxlength="10000">
Jul 17 '05 #3

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