Multiline checkbox with no scrollbars (limited number of rows) does not work

[fragger]

Hi all,

I've created a multiline textbox limited to 8 rows.
when I enter return after the 8th line, I can add further lines.
Is there a way to prevent this (in the Multiline textbox itself) ?

[devinemke]

if you want the user to be alerted right away this has to be done with javascript, not PHP. you can limit the number of characters in a textarea with something like:

if (document.form.textarea.length > 200) {alert ("You have exceeded the maximum allowed charaters."); return false;}

[fragger]

uhh - cool ! That works

Thanx

olli