[FX.php List] Odd problem with POST values

[Steve Winter]

Hey Bob

Are you really really sure it's posting the data...? And not a form submitting data via get...?

Cheers
Steve

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On 15 Aug 2012, at 21:34, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> 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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