<input type="text" maxlength="300"> I think the attribute is called maxlength but i'm not sure, oh well add the maxlength attribute to your input tag to have a quick, clean non-javascript-realiant solution On 1/12/06, John Meyer <john.l.meyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Stut wrote: > > Ok, you're clearly missing my point and while I don't want this to > > degrade into the usual pissing contest I do feel I need to clarify > > what I was saying. > > > > I completely agree that in this case Javascript should be used to > > provide the user with feedback as to how close to the limit they are. > > However, in your post you described the solution as either Javascript > > *or* PHP when the best solution is both. What I was pointing out is > > that while Javascript is a better solution from a usability point of > > view, not doing the validation with PHP is dangerous regardless of > > whether the length is validated using Javascript or not. > > > > I certainly don't believe that PHP is the "total solution for most > > situations", but when it comes to input validation you *need* to do > > validation on the server-side regardless of what validation you do > > with Javascript since you have no control over whether the Javascript > > gets executed. > > > This sounds almost like the old DB vs. Application logic debate I see on > several mailing lists; whether you should store more logic in the DB > Server through triggers or through application logic. My point on this > is that it boils down to how important that data is. If it's somebody's > comments on their blog or on a post, I'd just leave it on the > application _or_ trim it down to the 300 characters and input it in. > bank transactions, I'd have so many triggers going it would be unreal. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Hi Everyone, I am running PHP 5 on Windosws XP SP2 with MySQL5, Bye Now!
