if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
class WPForms_Field_Textarea extends WPForms_Field {
* Primary class constructor.
// Define field type information.
$this->name = esc_html__( 'Paragraph Text', 'wpforms-lite' );
$this->keywords = esc_html__( 'textarea', 'wpforms-lite' );
$this->type = 'textarea';
$this->icon = 'fa-paragraph';
add_action( 'wpforms_frontend_js', [ $this, 'frontend_js' ] );
* Get the value, that is used to prefill via dynamic or fallback population.
* Based on field data and current properties.
* @param string $raw_value Value from a GET param, always a string.
* @param string $input Represent a subfield inside the field. May be empty.
* @param array $properties Field properties.
* @param array $field Current field specific data.
* @return array Modified field properties.
protected function get_field_populated_single_property_value( $raw_value, $input, $properties, $field ) {
if ( ! is_string( $raw_value ) ) {
isset( $properties['inputs'][ $input ] )
$properties['inputs'][ $input ]['attr']['value'] = wpforms_sanitize_textarea_field( wp_unslash( $raw_value ) );
* Field options panel inside the builder.
* @param array $field Field data and settings.
public function field_options( $field ) {
$this->field_option( 'label', $field );
$this->field_option( 'description', $field );
$this->field_option( 'required', $field );
* Advanced field options.
$this->field_option( 'advanced-options', $field, $args );
$this->field_option( 'size', $field );
$this->field_option( 'placeholder', $field );
'slug' => 'limit_enabled',
'content' => $this->field_element(
'slug' => 'limit_enabled',
'value' => isset( $field['limit_enabled'] ) ? '1' : '0',
'desc' => esc_html__( 'Limit Length', 'wpforms-lite' ),
'tooltip' => esc_html__( 'Check this option to limit text length by characters or words count.', 'wpforms-lite' ),
$this->field_element( 'row', $field, $args );
$count = $this->field_element(
'value' => ! empty( $field['limit_count'] ) ? $field['limit_count'] : 1,
$mode = $this->field_element(
'value' => ! empty( $field['limit_mode'] ) ? esc_attr( $field['limit_mode'] ) : 'characters',
'characters' => esc_html__( 'Characters', 'wpforms-lite' ),
'words' => esc_html__( 'Words', 'wpforms-lite' ),
'slug' => 'limit_controls',
'class' => ! isset( $field['limit_enabled'] ) ? 'wpforms-hide' : '',
'content' => $count . $mode,
$this->field_element( 'row', $field, $args );
$this->field_option( 'default_value', $field );
$this->field_option( 'css', $field );
$this->field_option( 'label_hide', $field );
* Field preview inside the builder.
* @param array $field Field data and settings.
public function field_preview( $field ) {
$this->field_preview_option( 'label', $field );
$placeholder = ! empty( $field['placeholder'] ) ? $field['placeholder'] : '';
$default_value = ! empty( $field['default_value'] ) ? $field['default_value'] : '';
echo '<textarea placeholder="' . esc_attr( $placeholder ) . '" class="primary-input" readonly>' . esc_textarea( $default_value ) . '</textarea>';
$this->field_preview_option( 'description', $field );
* Field display on the form front-end.
* @param array $field Field data and settings.
* @param array $deprecated Deprecated.
* @param array $form_data Form data and settings.
public function field_display( $field, $deprecated, $form_data ) {
$primary = $field['properties']['inputs']['primary'];
if ( isset( $primary['attr']['value'] ) ) {
$value = esc_textarea( html_entity_decode( $primary['attr']['value'] ) );
unset( $primary['attr']['value'] );
if ( isset( $field['limit_enabled'] ) ) {
$limit_count = isset( $field['limit_count'] ) ? absint( $field['limit_count'] ) : 0;
$limit_mode = isset( $field['limit_mode'] ) ? sanitize_key( $field['limit_mode'] ) : 'characters';
$primary['data']['form-id'] = $form_data['id'];
$primary['data']['field-id'] = $field['id'];
if ( 'characters' === $limit_mode ) {
$primary['class'][] = 'wpforms-limit-characters-enabled';
$primary['attr']['maxlength'] = $limit_count;
$primary['data']['text-limit'] = $limit_count;
$primary['class'][] = 'wpforms-limit-words-enabled';
$primary['data']['text-limit'] = $limit_count;
'<textarea %s %s>%s</textarea>',
wpforms_html_attributes( $primary['id'], $primary['class'], $primary['data'], $primary['attr'] ),
$primary['required'], // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
$value // phpcs:ignore WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
* Enqueue frontend limit option js.
* @param array $forms Forms on the current page.
public function frontend_js( $forms ) {
return empty( $form['fields'] ) ? [] : $form['fields'];
function( $accumulator, $current ) {
return array_merge( $accumulator, $current );
// Leave only fields with limit.
return $field['type'] === $this->type && isset( $field['limit_enabled'] );
if ( count( $fields ) ) {
$min = wpforms_get_min_suffix();
WPFORMS_PLUGIN_URL . "assets/js/frontend/fields/text-limit.es5{$min}.js",
$this->load_script_in_footer()
* Format and sanitize field.
* @param int $field_id Field ID.
* @param mixed $field_submit Field value that was submitted.
* @param array $form_data Form data and settings.
public function format( $field_id, $field_submit, $form_data ) {
$field = $form_data['fields'][ $field_id ];
if ( is_array( $field_submit ) ) {
$field_submit = implode( "\r\n", array_filter( $field_submit ) );
$name = ! empty( $field['label'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( $field['label'] ) : '';
// Sanitize but keep line breaks.
$value = wpforms_sanitize_textarea_field( $field_submit );
wpforms()->obj( 'process' )->fields[ $field_id ] = [
'id' => wpforms_validate_field_id( $field_id ),
* Validate field on form submit.
* @param int $field_id Field ID.
* @param mixed $field_submit Submitted field value (raw data).
* @param array $form_data Form data and settings.
public function validate( $field_id, $field_submit, $form_data ) {
parent::validate( $field_id, $field_submit, $form_data );
if ( empty( $form_data['fields'][ $field_id ] ) || empty( $form_data['fields'][ $field_id ]['limit_enabled'] ) ) {
if ( is_array( $field_submit ) ) {
$field_submit = implode( "\r\n", array_filter( $field_submit ) );
$field = $form_data['fields'][ $field_id ];
$limit = absint( $field['limit_count'] );
$mode = ! empty( $field['limit_mode'] ) ? sanitize_key( $field['limit_mode'] ) : 'characters';
$value = wpforms_sanitize_textarea_field( $field_submit );
if ( 'characters' === $mode ) {
if ( mb_strlen( str_replace( "\r\n", "\n", $value ) ) > $limit ) {
/* translators: %s - limit characters number. */
wpforms()->obj( 'process' )->errors[ $form_data['id'] ][ $field_id ] = sprintf( _n( 'Text can\'t exceed %d character.', 'Text can\'t exceed %d characters.', $limit, 'wpforms-lite' ), $limit );
if ( wpforms_count_words( $value ) > $limit ) {
/* translators: %s - limit words number. */
wpforms()->obj( 'process' )->errors[ $form_data['id'] ][ $field_id ] = sprintf( _n( 'Text can\'t exceed %d word.', 'Text can\'t exceed %d words.', $limit, 'wpforms-lite' ), $limit );
new WPForms_Field_Textarea();