Increased max_length from 40 to 64 for fields: address_city, address_state.

[bilabon]

Got an error in handling IPN form: Invalid form. (address_city: Ensure this value has at most 40 characters (it has 44).) Please allow this pull request.

[spookylukey]

Could you tell me where the new figure 64 comes from? Are there some docs from PayPal's side about what the new max lengths are? (I think the old ones were based on PayPal docs)

[bilabon]

According to the docs you are right. There is a limit of 40 characters https://developer.paypal.com/docs/classic/ipn/integration-guide/IPNandPDTVariables/#buyer-information-variables But paypal doesn't validate it on the checkout form and some customers write more than 40 characters in these fields. For example, I completed test payment with address_city length of 55 characters: https://i.imgur.com/KUBKgtU.png . In my invalid_ipn_received signal I got: {'address_city': 'Central Falls Phone 123456789123456789123456789123456789’} So I think it would be more convenient to allow a little bit more characters for these fields.

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[spookylukey]

OK, so this is a PayPal bug, they should not be sending data longer than their specified max length. Most likely they changed something and forgot to update their docs. Perhaps you could contact them and get an official answer on what the lengths should be?