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  1. CiviCRM
  2. CRM-21258

Display name fatal error if names are too long

    Details

    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Done/Fixed
    • Priority: Trivial
    • Resolution: Fixed/Completed
    • Affects Version/s: 4.7.24
    • Fix Version/s: 4.7.27
    • Component/s: CiviCRM API
    • Labels:
    • Versioning Impact:
      Patch (backwards-compatible bug fixes)
    • Documentation Required?:
      None
    • Funding Source:
      Contributed Code
    • Verified?:
      No

      Description

      This is kinda obscure but it's legit for the components of a display name to add up to more than the display name allows (128) char. 

       

      For example

      civicrm_api3('Contact', 'create', array(

        'first_name' => str_pad('a', 64, 'a'),

        'last_name' => str_pad('a', 64, 'a'),

      ));

       

      will give a fatal error as 64 + 64 +1 (the space) is more than the number of chars allowed.

       

      I don't think we should give a hard error on a calculated field being too long & believe a truncate is fine - ie 

       

      if (strlen($contact->display_name) > 128) {
      $contact->display_name = substr($contact->display_name, 128);
      }
      if (strlen($contact->sort_name) > 128) {
      $contact->sort_name = substr($contact->sort_name, 128);
      }

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              Reporter:
              eileen Eileen McNaughton
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