Re: Limiting text inputs by character count?

John Holmes wrote: > 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... > John, The best way to do this is with both. maxlength/Javascript as a courtesy, strlen for security. As you say, you can NEVER rely on any kind of client-side check, all checks must be done on the server side. So, it's tempting to skip client-side checks, but making the user wait for server side execution before any checks are done is actually very rude. Every time I see server-only checks for required fields etc., I switch off and lose confidence in the site. George > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Martin Towell [mailto:martin.towell@world.net] > > Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 9:47 PM > > To: 'aajdubuc@webhart.net'; php-general@lists.php.net > > 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:aajdubuc@webhart.net] > > Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:53 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > 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