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Re: Limiting # characters in textarea

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On 2013-08-10 7:23 PM, Norman Peelman wrote:
> On 08/10/2013 04:54 PM, Twayne wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Win 7, XAMPP Local Server, PHP 5.3. Target; Online Submitted Forms for
>> the general public:

>> Using only HTML or PHP or a combo of the two, might anyone here have a
>> proven method for limiting the length of a textarea other than
>> truncating it without the sender's knowledge?
>>
>> Except for js and the like, I'm open to alternatives, of course.
>> Although code is always nice, air code often suffices too.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Twayne`
>
>    maxlength has been around long before HTML5... The <input> control
> will simply stop accepting characters. Without JS, it will just truncate
> upon insertion, even from copy/paste. You'll just have to indicate that
> data entry for that field is limited.
>

Not quite unfortunately. What you say is true, with the exception of 
using a <textarea>. Maxlength simply will not work with a textarea (Not 
talking about "input" etc. here) and never has until it was added for 
HTML 5.
    Try it; create a textarea with a length of say 10 and use maxlength; 
it will not work unless you're able to handle the latest HTML 5 code.
Regards,

Twayne`

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Limiting # characters in textarea Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-10 16:54 -0400
  Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2013-08-10 17:11 -0600
    Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-10 19:23 -0400
      Re: Limiting # characters in textarea BootNic <bootnic.bounce@gmail.com> - 2013-08-10 21:57 -0400
  Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-10 19:23 -0400
    Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-12 13:43 -0400
      Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2013-08-12 18:13 -0400
  Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-08-10 19:36 -0400
  Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2013-08-10 20:52 -0400
    Re: Limiting # characters in textarea Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2013-08-12 13:48 -0400
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