[#3735] fixed `text` field min/max validators to properly count multi-byte characters

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - Fixed TinyMCE source code viewer textarea styles ([#3715](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/3715)).
 
+- Fixed `text` field min/max validators to properly count multi-byte characters ([#3735](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/issues/3735)).
+
 
 ## v0.19.3
 

forms/validators/record_data.go

@@ -132,11 +132,14 @@ func (validator *RecordDataValidator) checkTextValue(field *schema.SchemaField,
 
 	options, _ := field.Options.(*schema.TextOptions)
 
-	if options.Min != nil && len(val) < *options.Min {
+	// note: casted to []rune to count multi-byte chars as one
+	length := len([]rune(val))
+
+	if options.Min != nil && length < *options.Min {
 		return validation.NewError("validation_min_text_constraint", fmt.Sprintf("Must be at least %d character(s)", *options.Min))
 	}
 
-	if options.Max != nil && len(val) > *options.Max {
+	if options.Max != nil && length > *options.Max {
 		return validation.NewError("validation_max_text_constraint", fmt.Sprintf("Must be less than %d character(s)", *options.Max))
 	}
 

forms/validators/record_data_test.go

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ func TestRecordDataValidatorValidateText(t *testing.T) {
 			Name:     "field2",
 			Required: true,
 			Type:     schema.FieldTypeText,
+			Options: &schema.TextOptions{
+				Pattern: pattern,
+			},
 		},
 		&schema.SchemaField{
 			Name:   "field3",
@@ -71,7 +74,6 @@ func TestRecordDataValidatorValidateText(t *testing.T) {
 			Options: &schema.TextOptions{
 				Min: &min,
 				Max: &max,
-				Pattern: pattern,
 			},
 		},
 	)
@@ -109,6 +111,16 @@ func TestRecordDataValidatorValidateText(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			[]string{"field3"},
 		},
+		{
+			"(text) check min constraint with multi-bytes char",
+			map[string]any{
+				"field1": "test",
+				"field2": "test",
+				"field3": "𝌆", // 4 bytes should be counted as 1 char
+			},
+			nil,
+			[]string{"field3"},
+		},
 		{
 			"(text) check max constraint",
 			map[string]any{
@@ -119,15 +131,25 @@ func TestRecordDataValidatorValidateText(t *testing.T) {
 			nil,
 			[]string{"field3"},
 		},
+		{
+			"(text) check max constraint with multi-bytes chars",
+			map[string]any{
+				"field1": "test",
+				"field2": "test",
+				"field3": strings.Repeat("𝌆", max), // shouldn't exceed the max limit even though max*4bytes chars are used
+			},
+			nil,
+			[]string{},
+		},
 		{
 			"(text) check pattern constraint",
 			map[string]any{
 				"field1": nil,
-				"field2": "test",
+				"field2": "test!",
-				"field3": "test!",
+				"field3": "test",
 			},
 			nil,
-			[]string{"field3"},
+			[]string{"field2"},
 		},
 		{
 			"(text) valid data (only required)",