[FX.php List] Odd problem with POST values

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Bob,

Strange, I have forms that collect far more than 800 characters.

What happens if you turn error reporting on to see what the white page is choking on?

Dale

On Aug 15, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I have a client for whom I've written a form with 7 textarea fields, into which the submitter types in some sentences.
> 
> Here's what I can see:
> 
> If I put 800 or more characters in any one field, the subsequent processing page fails;
> 
> If I put a total of more than 800 characters into multiple fields (200 characters each in 4 different fields), it fails;
> 
> If I put 700 characters (either in a single field or spread across several input textareas), it succeeds;
> 
> when I say that it fails, what happens is that my PHP page doesn't ever finish loading, and we see a white screen.
> 
> Is there a limit to how many characters TOTAL you can put into a POST form? I know that GET strings have a limit, but I thought that you could put a large amt. of text into textarea fields?
> 
> Let me know if you can help me with this strange problem; thanks,
> 
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