# Character limit in AS3 string

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-limit-in-as3-string/312859>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 14, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-limit-in-as3-string/312859 "2010-08-14T04:46:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![derm116](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@derm116](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/derm116)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/character-limit-in-as3-string/312859/1 "2010-08-14T04:46:38Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know what the character limit for a string in AS3 is? I’m generating a rather large XML string in a flash app which I’m sending to a php script to parse and save to a DB. I was stepping through the code and it looks like after a certain period that my XML string is going to blank. I’m assuming that this is because it’s going over a limit. I don’t really want to change my design but I suppose I’m going to have to if this won’t work.

I googled around on this but couldn’t find a definitive answer so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Dermot