gw-min-and-max-character-limit.php: Added support to run validation only when the field has a value.

malayladu · web-flow · commit c5aa23d3a4fc · 2025-03-12T18:04:37.000+05:30
diff --git a/gravity-forms/gw-min-and-max-character-limit.php b/gravity-forms/gw-min-and-max-character-limit.php
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ public function validate_character_count( $result, $value, $form, $field ) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		// If value is empty, don't do validation.
+		if ( empty( $value ) ) {
+			return $result;
+		}
+
 		$char_count      = mb_strlen( $value );
 		$is_min_reached  = $this->_args['min_chars'] !== false && $char_count >= $this->_args['min_chars'];
 		$is_max_exceeded = $this->_args['max_chars'] !== false && $char_count > $this->_args['max_chars'];

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ public function validate_character_count( $result, $value, $form, $field ) {`
`85`	`85`	`}`
`86`	`86`	`}`
`87`	`87`
	`88`	`+ // If value is empty, don't do validation.`
	`89`	`+ if ( empty( $value ) ) {`
	`90`	`+ return $result;`
	`91`	`+ }`
	`92`	`+`
`88`	`93`	`$char_count = mb_strlen( $value );`
`89`	`94`	`$is_min_reached = $this->_args['min_chars'] !== false && $char_count >= $this->_args['min_chars'];`
`90`	`95`	`$is_max_exceeded = $this->_args['max_chars'] !== false && $char_count > $this->_args['max_chars'];`