html question

[Henri]

sorry but this isn't php related. my problem is that I have a textarea and want the maximum of characters that can be inputed in it to be 90. is there a way to do so?

[planetsim]

Javascript.

In the form do this

<form action='page.php' name='test' method='post' onsubmit='return validate()'>

then in your head

<script langugae='Javascript'>
function validate()
{
x=document.test
m=x.name_of_textarea.value
submitOK=\"true\"
if (m.length < 1)
	{
	alert(\"Must Have A Message\")
	submitOK=\"false\"
	}
if (m.length > 90)
	{	
	alert(\"Message Too Long\")
	submitOK=\"false\"
	}
if (submitOK == \"false\")
	{
	return false
	}
}
</script>
}

Now that should work

[eriksmoen]

<textarea name="description" rows="6" cols="40" wrap="virtual"
onChange="if (this.value.length > 90) {alert('90 chars max!')};">
</textarea>

might be a bit more simple...
It does not aggrivate the user after they've finished their message and clicked submit... this simply warns them while they are writing.