Zend Form: How to set the length of a text input or textarea element?

Question

By default Zend Form Text elements don\'t have a width specified. Textarea elements have a default of rows="24" and cols="80". But

Answer 1

Using the setAttrib will not affect the stringlength as that attribute is only recognised by text inputs. Try using a validator to control the string length. Note you can also set custom error messages.

$text = new Zend_Form_Element_Textarea( 'body' );
        $text->      ->setLabel('Body:')
                     ->setAttrib('cols', 50)
                     ->setAttrib('rows', 4)
                     ->addValidator('StringLength', false, array(40, 250))
                     ->setRequired( true )
                     ->setErrorMessages(array('Text must be between 40 and 250 characters'));