max

max
Path

$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['columns'][$field]['config']

Type

integer

Scope

Display

RenderType

textTable, default

Adds the HTML5 attribute "maxlength" to a textarea. Prevents the field from adding more than specified number of characters. This is a client side restriction, no server side length restriction is enforced.

Does not apply for RTE fields.

Examples

Textarea with a maximum of 30 characters

../../../../_images/Text11.png
EXT:styleguide/Configuration/TCA/tx_styleguide_elements_basic.php
[
    'columns' => [
        'text_11' => [
            'exclude' => 1,
            'label' => 'text_11',
            'description' => 'max=30',
            'config' => [
                'type' => 'text',
                'cols' => 30,
                'rows' => 4,
                'max' => 30,
            ],
        ],
    ],
]