OT? Split variable, then POST?

[Robert]

Hello,

I am using a simple HTML form to POST data to my credit-card provider.

However, my credit-card provider has a limit on incoming variables. No
variable can be greater than 256 bytes.

Since my form has a text-area box that may hold data that is greater
than 256 bytes, I must find a way to split these data into 256-byte
chunks before the "Submit" button is pressed.

Can this be done using PHP? Is there a way to accomplish this split
and still be able to use the simple HTML form-action tag for the
actual POSTing?

Thank you.

[Jeff Evans]

Re: OT? Split variable, then POST?

Robert < r@starcenter.co m > wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I am using a simple HTML form to POST data to my credit-card provider.
> However, my credit-card provider has a limit on incoming variables. No
> variable can be greater than 256 bytes.
> Since my form has a text-area box that may hold data that is greater
> than 256 bytes, I must find a way to split these data into 256-byte
> chunks before the "Submit" button is pressed.
> Can this be done using PHP? Is there a way to accomplish this split
> and still be able to use the simple HTML form-action tag for the
> actual POSTing?[/color]

Not sure what exactly you're trying to do, but... you can create an
intermediate php script to accept the post, do some processing, and then
make a request of its own. Or it might be simpler to split the data in your
script, and write out a new form with hidden fields that submits itself
immediately, though if you're concerned about security or the client doesn't
necessarily have javascript then that's a really bad idea.