Index: text.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/cck/text.module,v
retrieving revision 1.41.2.12
diff -u -r1.41.2.12 text.module
--- text.module	12 Mar 2007 00:50:34 -0000	1.41.2.12
+++ text.module	12 Feb 2008 16:02:01 -0000
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
       if ($field['max_length'] > 0) {
         foreach ($items as $delta => $data) {
           $error_field = $field['field_name'] .']['. $delta .'][value';
-          if (strlen($data['value']) > $field['max_length']) {
+          if (drupal_strlen($data['value']) > $field['max_length']) {
             form_set_error($error_field, t('%label is longer than %max characters.', array('%label' => $field['widget']['label'], '%max' => $field['max_length'])));
           }
         }