URL textfield maxlength is too short [#1300528]

The url field in the follow_links db table is varchar(255), but the edit form allows formapi to set its default maxlength of 128.

I've just had a requirement to use a URL which was > 128 chars in length, and couldn't as a result of this formapi default.

Patch attached to explicitly set the #maxlength to match the db table schema.

There are other fields in the form where the situation is the same, but I would have have thought that URL is the most likely to cause users problems.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	follow.module.patch	350 bytes	stoob
	follow_textfield_maxlength_for_network_urls.patch	536 bytes	mcdruid

Comments

Comment #1

Chris Charlton

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Los Angeles

commented 1 July 2012 at 22:08

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» Needs review

Agreed. The patch may be slightly old but I was able to get it to apply.

Comment #2

stoob commented 16 April 2013 at 20:32

Status	File	Size
new	follow.module.patch	350 bytes

This patch is for the D7 version.

It makes since since the dB field is already 255, that input field should be 255. This way we can use longer links and functionality like this: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tweet-button