limiting characters in textarea without php/javascript

[roshanjameer]

hi,

i want to create a textarea in which the user can input 100 characters only.he canot able to input more than 100.i want to do this with out using php/javascript.is it possible.your help will be appreciated

thanks

mrjameer

[ClarkF1]

I haven't found anything looking on google. It's all javascript or perl based.

If you don't need multiple lines, the ordinary form text field has a maxlength attribute

[bpat1434]

Unfortunately in a text-area without Serverside or Clientside scripting, you can't limit the length of input. As stated, the maxlength parameter for input boxes can be used on input boxes, but not text areas. Text areas can only have cols & rows to define how many are shown but no max as to how much can be entered.

Might there be a reason why you want to be able to do this w/o JS or PHP?

[roshanjameer]

hi,

i want to limit textarea with javascript but with out php form action.how to do it

thanks

roshanjameer

[ClarkF1]

http://www.rgagnon.com/jsdetails/js-0091.html

[ppowell]

roshanjameer wrote:

hi,

i want to limit textarea with javascript but with out php form action.how to do it

thanks

roshanjameer

That might not be a good idea if the end-user has Javascript turned off, then your $_POST value remains limitless. Your best bet is to handle maximum length via server-side validation, using Javascript client-side length delimiting as a backup.

Phil