Question

I’m storing a long text with mssql_query();

And Using the field with datatype called ‘text’.

I tried with different long strings by using str_repeat(), the page takes long time, but in the end submits the result.
When I retrieve the result however, I get only 4096 bytes nomatterwhat.
I tried to retrieve the value with management studio too, and it gets the same outcome.

It looks to me like a storing problem to me. Please advice something… I’m confused.

EDIT for these who asked, this is what I’m using:

function sql_escape($sql) { 
        /* De MagicQuotes */ 
    $fix_str        = stripslashes($sql); 
    $fix_str    = str_replace("'","''",$sql); 
    $fix_str     = str_replace("\0","[NULL]",$fix_str); 
    return "'".$fix_str."'"; 
} 
$query=mssql_query('update prod_cat set htmlbottom='.sql_escape(str_repeat('\'choose_cat ', 122000)).
    ' where ID=1'   );  

$query=mssql_query('select htmlbottom from prod_cat where ID=1');
$a=mssql_fetch_assoc($query);
echo strlen($a['htmlbottom']);

Answer 1

Microsoft’s PHP driver (for reference): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20098

But if you don’t want to (or can’t) change drivers, from this site:

You need to increase the maximum size of a text column to be returned from
SQL Server by PHP. You can do this with a simple SQL query:
    SET TEXTSIZE 2147483647

Which you can run with the following PHP (best run just after you make a
connection).
    mssql_query("SET TEXTSIZE 2147483647");

A better way to work around the issue is to change the "textlimit" and
"textsize" settings within php.ini, like so:
    mssql.textlimit = 2147483647
    mssql.textsize = 2147483647

Your MSSQL driver is truncating the text. If you can’t change datatypes, drivers, etc., this should fix the issue for you.