[FX.php List] Odd problem with POST values

[Bob Patin]

Hi,

On Aug 16, 2012, at 7:37 AM, BEVERLY VOTH <beverlyvoth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I've run into this problem with browsers in the past. I thought that was no longer a problem.
> 
> Bob, could it be a "time-out" issue? 

I don't think so, because if I enter 700 characters it processes fine; then if I add 100 more characters and try to POST 800, it fails.
> 
> and/or could you adjust the "entry" for large fields to allow file uploads instead of typing into them? You'd probably have to limit the type of upload to be something that you could then read and push into a database.

The problem is that the submitters have to be able to cut & paste into the fields... 

I found this PHP variable:

php_value post_max_size

Does this determine the total # of characters a PHP POST can process? I suggested to my client that she adjust her php.ini file to bump it from 8M, which is where she is now, to something like 10M, and see if it makes any difference. Haven't heard anything from her though...

Bob

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> 
> (just thinking around the problem, but don't know if that solves it)
> 
> Beverly
> 
> On 15 Aug 2012, at 9:49 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
> 
>> Bob,
>> 
>> I noted a web site that said the browser might be the limiting factor. It mentioned that Internet Explorer had a lower character limit than other browsers. 
>> 
>> Does this apply to your situation?
>> 
>> Jonathan Schwartz
> 
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