1 (edited by 2008-08-13 14:53:57)

Topic: [HACK] Maximum length of comment

Name: Maximum lenght of comment
Author: Flexer
CuteNews Compatibility: 1.3.6 (higher versions have this built in)
Description: Prevent people from posting long comments that are usually spam anyway.
Instructions:
open shows.inc.php and search for:

if($allow_add_comment){


then below it add this:

$max_len = 300;
if(strlen($comments) > $max_len){
    echo("<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Your comment must not be longer than $max_len</div>");
    $CN_HALT = TRUE;
    break 1;
}

where $max_len is set to the maximum characters that a comment must contain