Prevent html in textarea field?

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July 31, 2018 at 5:53 pm #440643

Scott Harris
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I have created a few textarea fields. I don’t want users to be able to add links in this field since the goal is to get them to upgrade to a premium listing where links are allowed.

However, one user added in a link into the textarea field by entering <ahref=””… to the frontend. When I view the profile, the link appears.

Is there a way to strip out links and other html from a textarea field?

In addition, it would be great if there’s a way for me to limit the number of characters allowed in the textarea field.

July 31, 2018 at 10:33 pm #440678

Paolo
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Hi,

In addition, it would be great if there’s a way for me to limit the number of characters allowed in the textarea field.

That’s possible using the pricing manager.

The 1st thing would definitely require a customization, because if you filter the content to strip HTML, you’d do it from your premium listings, pages and blog posts too.

Thanks

July 31, 2018 at 10:47 pm #440689

Scott Harris
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Just to be clear, I think your answer is about the primary wordpress description field, right? I know that I can limit the characters there using the pricing manager, but I was asking about setting limits and stripping html in a custom textarea field added through place settings.

That field is just for a text description, so it shouldn’t affect other pages or blogs.

I think it’s a little misleading that the field is called textarea but it can accept html from the frontend.

August 1, 2018 at 1:59 pm #440784
Alex Rollin
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Hello,

the textarea is meant to be used in the same way as the descripton/body box. Here is a customization snippet to strip html from all textarea fields on a site.
```
add_filter('geodir_custom_field_output_textarea','geodir_custom_field_output_textarea_fn',10,3);

function geodir_custom_field_output_textarea_fn( $html,$fields_location,$type ) {
    
    return strip_tags($html);

}
```
Character counts are not possible without a similar customization.
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