Re: size of submitted textarea field in bytes

You receive a string, so you need to find a function that will return the size of a string. I bet you will find the function in string section of the manual. Sn!per wrote:

i have a textarea where ppl will enter their bio. after they submit the form, i need to compute the size of their bio in bytes _without_ creating any file. is this at all possible ? please advise. sample script: <? if ($_POST['submit']) {

    print "you have submitted xyz bytes";

} else { ?> <form method=post action="./p.php"> <textarea name="html_code" cols="70" rows="10"></textarea> <input type=submit name=submit value=submit> </form> <? } ?> rgds. --------------------------------------------------- Sign Up for free Email at http://ureg.home.net.my/ ---------------------------------------------------