How to increase the length of the subject/title of the topic?

[jmichae1]

Hello,

I have a phpBB forum version 3.3.13.

I have discovered that the Topic/Subject/Title length when creating a post is limited to 60 characters. I want to increase it, e.g. to 100 characters. The database does not appear to be the issue since the phpbb_topics table's topic_title column is of type VARCHAR and its Length/Value is 255.

I suspect that the phpBB may enforce length limits when inserting or updating records. While topic_title is stored as VARCHAR(255), there could be a character limit enforced via SQL queries in phpBB.

Does anyone knows how to increase the length of the topic title/subject?

Thank you in advance

Michael

[Kailey]

I have discovered that the Topic/Subject/Title length when creating a post is limited to 60 characters

It's 120 characters - viewtopic.php?t=2657989

[warmweer]

I have discovered that the Topic/Subject/Title length when creating a post is limited to 60 characters. I want to increase it, e.g. to 100 characters. The database does not appear to be the issue since the phpbb_topics table's topic_title column is of type VARCHAR and its Length/Value is 255.

In stock phpBB the topic_title length = 120

see /includes/functions_posting.php

in phpBB 3.3.13
line 1688

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	// First of all make sure the subject and topic title are having the correct length.
	// To achieve this without cutting off between special chars we convert to an array and then count the elements.
	$subject = truncate_string($subject, 120);
	$data_ary['topic_title'] = truncate_string($data_ary['topic_title'], 120);

[jmichae1]

I have discovered that the Topic/Subject/Title length when creating a post is limited to 60 characters. I want to increase it, e.g. to 100 characters. The database does not appear to be the issue since the phpbb_topics table's topic_title column is of type VARCHAR and its Length/Value is 255.

In stock phpBB the topic_title length = 120

see /includes/functions_posting.php

in phpBB 3.3.13
line 1688

Code: Select all

	// First of all make sure the subject and topic title are having the correct length.
	// To achieve this without cutting off between special chars we convert to an array and then count the elements.
	$subject = truncate_string($subject, 120);
	$data_ary['topic_title'] = truncate_string($data_ary['topic_title'], 120);

I now realize that the 60-character limit was in phpBB 3.0.14. In 3.3.13, it is 120 characters. So, I am all set. Thank you for your professional and detailed assistance!

[jmichae1]

I have discovered that the Topic/Subject/Title length when creating a post is limited to 60 characters

It's 120 characters - viewtopic.php?t=2657989

I now realize that the 60-character limit was in phpBB 3.0.14. In 3.3.13, it is 120 characters. So, I am all set. Thank you for your help!