Is there a limit to the number of fields you can use in Low Search or EE?
I'm working on a fairly complex form for a directory search. Each of the fields seems to work fine on its own. And entering data into multiple fields seems to work fine as well, to a point.
In testing all of the fields of the form, I've run into a situation where it seems that when I try to search by entering data into 15 or more fields, I get a 403 Forbidden error, stating that I do not have permission to access /path/to/query on this server.
Searching for 14 or fewer works fine. And it doesn't seem to matter which 14.
Is there something about EE or about Low Search that would limit the number of fields you could use to filter a single search? Or could this be something that is being throttled serverside (I'm currently on a Dreamhost VPS)?
I recognize that this is probably an edge case: it's extremely unlikely that anyone is going to actually fill in that many fields. So this isn't a showstopper. But it's still bugging me that filling in the entire form breaks the search process. So I thought I'd run it by you.
Any thoughts?
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Low 26 Jan 2013 00:18
Sounds like an environmental/server issue, most likely a mod_security setting. Check with your host if that's the case and if they can add an exception.
MattV 26 Jan 2013 00:21
Will do. Based on the type of error, that makes some sense to me. I'll let you know if I figure it out.