possible html/php problem

Anon

Hi there

At my wits end with some code and I thought I would post to get a fresh angle from some people.

I am creating a basic admin area for a website, with the ability to add/modify or delete certain items from various tables withina single database. Pretty basic stuff, everything is working ok except for one thing.

In any section, if I want to add a large volume of text through the form, the form wont process onto the recieving php file (where the mySQL actions are located). The form works when I put in a limited number of characters into the two textareas in the form, but if I super-seed that limitation the form wont process......what am I doing wrong?

Below is the code I am using, now remember it does work, it does add the information to the table, it just wont add a large voloume of text at all.....the form wont work....any ideas?? The style sheet I am using for the form has no bearing on this....or does it?? as all I specify in it is width set to 500px. If am posting to the wrong area, I apologise, I just hope someone can help me

<B>Name</B>:<BR>
<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" value=\"\" class=\"tidyform2\">
<P>
<B>Ingredients</B>:<BR>
<textarea name=\"ingredients\" value=\"\" class=\"tidyform2\" rows=\"10\"></textarea>
<P>
<B>Preparation</B>:<BR>
<textarea name=\"preparation\" value=\"\" class=\"tidyform2\" rows=\"10\"></textarea>
<P>
<B>Shortname</B>:<BR>
<input type=\"text\" name=\"shortname\" value=\"\" class=\"tidyform2\">
<P>
<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"$sel_section\" name=\"sel_section\">
<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"$writer\" name=\"writer\">
<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"$date_added\" name=\"date_added\">
<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"$display_date\" name=\"display_date\">
<input type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\" class=\"tidyform2\">
</form>

Anon

What do you mean by "large?" You may be exceeding an undocumented limit of your browser, not PHP.

Anon

What I mean by large, is for example copying several pages of a word document and slapping it into the textarea....the submit button doesnt work, thus stoping the process

herve

in the line

replace 'type' with 'method' :

and of course, check the size of the MySQL column in your table ; using a BLOB type
( text should be < 64 K😎 or MEDIUMBLOB
(text size < 16 MB ;-) !) for instance
(CHAR/VARCHAR are limited up to only 255
characters)

Anon

Wooohooooo

That seems to work. I am not using blobs, but Longtext (should I run into any problems with this).

But again thank you all for helping me