URL length limit: How to increase it above 255 characters

[JustaQuestion]

In Auto-Link Options, if I enter a URL longer than 255 characters, and then I save it, upon re-opening it I see that only the first 255 characters of the URL have been saved.

If I use a URL longer than 255 characters, such as the following one:

http://www.example.com/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

... then clicking on a hyperlink generated by GAL with result in a URL consisting of only the first 255 characters, such as the following example:

http://www.example.com/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

In an attempt to increased the 255 character limit I went to AdminCP => Plugins & Products => Manage Products => GAL Auto-Linker => Edit => and I replaced all instances of (255) with (999). That made no noticeable difference.

Then I found an instance of "255" in gal_gdic_editor template, so I changed that also to "999", but no success.

Is there a way to increase this URL length limit?



Thanks.

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[JustaQuestion]

I've searched I think all the php files for "255", but found none. I'm running out of ideas. Is there any way I can modify my installation to remove the 255 character limit for URLs?

[JustaQuestion]

... some affiliate links are longer than 255 characters, and in some cases the affiliate ID, which is close to the end of the URL, gets removed. A person who clicks such link does get to the intended product page, but the affiliate may not get credited if a sale has been made.

Any assistance with this would be hugely appreciated!

[Morgan]

Using phpMyAdmin go look at the gal database table and there you can change the url field from varchar(255) to whatever you prefer.

[JustaQuestion]

Done! It works! I thank you very much, Morgan!