+/**
+ * Retrieves the maximum character lengths for the comment form fields.
+ *
+ * @since 4.5.0
+ *
+ * @global wpdb $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
+ *
+ * @return array Maximum character length for the comment form fields.
+ */
+function wp_get_comment_fields_max_lengths() {
+ global $wpdb;
+
+ $lengths = array(
+ 'comment_author' => 245,
+ 'comment_author_email' => 100,
+ 'comment_author_url' => 200,
+ 'comment_content' => 65525,
+ );
+
+ if ( $wpdb->is_mysql ) {
+ foreach ( $lengths as $column => $length ) {
+ $col_length = $wpdb->get_col_length( $wpdb->comments, $column );
+ $max_length = 0;
+
+ // No point if we can't get the DB column lengths
+ if ( is_wp_error( $col_length ) ) {
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if ( ! is_array( $col_length ) && (int) $col_length > 0 ) {
+ $max_length = (int) $col_length;
+ } elseif ( is_array( $col_length ) && isset( $col_length['length'] ) && intval( $col_length['length'] ) > 0 ) {
+ $max_length = (int) $col_length['length'];
+
+ if ( ! empty( $col_length['type'] ) && 'byte' === $col_length['type'] ) {
+ $max_length = $max_length - 10;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ( $max_length > 0 ) {
+ $lengths[ $column ] = $max_length;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Filters the lengths for the comment form fields.
+ *
+ * @since 4.5.0
+ *
+ * @param array $lengths Associative array `'field_name' => 'maximum length'`.
+ */
+ return apply_filters( 'wp_get_comment_fields_max_lengths', $lengths );
+}
+