How to remove character limit and cropping text in Opencart

Question

I want to remove character limit and cropping text in banner description. I know in the file

      admin/controller/design/banner.php 

is code:

  if ((utf8_strlen($this->request->post['name']) < 3) || (utf8_strlen($this->request->post['name']) > 1864)) {
        $this->error['name'] = $this->language->get('error_name');
 }

as you can see I modified it but still it doesn't work.

I really want it because I am using banner's description in slideshow.

Thank you

Answer 1

You need to change that php file limit utf8_strlen($this->request->post['name']) > 100000000 and go to database find the table "yourprefix_banner_image_description" and change the "title" Field Type from varchar to text.

Answer 2

Mostly all these validation rules resides in database structure itself - as all VARCHAR have defined their maximal length. If You want to extend/change the validation rules allowing the user to insert more text (characters) do not forget to change the appropriate column definition as well.

This means e.g. if the customer name is allowed to be at least 2 and maximally 100 characters but You'd like to allow the name to be 200 characters long, You'd need to change the appropriate column from VARCHAR(100) into VARCHAR(200)...