The best way to do this is server side with strlen(). You can use javascript or maxlength, but if a user wants to get around it, they can.
---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Towell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 9:47 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Limiting text inputs by character count? > > a) maxlength="xx" > b) use javascript > (document.forms["frm_name"].elements["textarea"].value.length) > (I think you need the ".value" bit) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andre Dubuc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Limiting text inputs by character count? > > > Is there a way to limit the number of characters that may be inputed into: > a) a <input type=text . . . > input > b) a <textarea . . . > input > > I would like to control the maximum number of characters for each of these > inputs. > > Any suggestions of where to look, or how to do it, if it's possible, would > be > greatly appreciated. > > Tia, > Andre > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
