Hello Garth, Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 7:59:35 AM, you wrote: GHS> Unlike the input fields that use maxlength to define the number of character GHS> allowed. Textarea doesnt seem to have that capability. I want to limit the GHS> number of character to 255. GHS> IS there any way of doing this without having to break my neck about it? Client-side, only with JavaScript. Server-side, just count how many characters they have entered: if (strlen($textarea_content) > 255) { echo "Error message here"; } Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php