Word length limit

tsvmitev · October 23, 2014, 2:48pm

Hi all, how can I make a word length limit. For example you cant post a word with 32+ characters.

benanamen · October 23, 2014, 4:22pm

If the data is coming from a form you can use max length=“32”

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_maxlength.asp

tsvmitev · October 23, 2014, 4:56pm

This will make the whole post with 32 characters limit not only the word.

benanamen · October 23, 2014, 5:18pm

What data are you expecting that has multiple words that cant be over 32 characters in each word?

tsvmitev · October 23, 2014, 5:24pm

My forum was bugging when someone entered a word like:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

But anyways i added

word-break: break-all; to my css file and it’s working fine.

benanamen · October 23, 2014, 5:28pm

That is not what you asked for. You asked for a limit. That does not limit anything.

tsvmitev · October 23, 2014, 5:41pm

Yep i wanted a word length limit so they cant post words like:

ASDSADADASFSAFSAFASFAFAFSAFASFSAFFSFSAFSAFASFSAFASFSAFASF cause they are too long and have more than 32 characters.

Redscouse · October 23, 2014, 5:58pm

Have a read of this this.

Get the words from the string into an array and check the long(est) words char length.

Hope that helps.
Red

tsvmitev · October 23, 2014, 6:06pm

Thanks a lot! I’ll have a look on it.

lewisstevens1 · October 23, 2014, 7:00pm

Can use javascript or PHP’s substr, maxlength on input boxes or jquery $(element).val().length or $(element).length depending on whats being targeted.