[Plugin: Fast and Secure Contact Form] Upping the MAX FORM FIELDS doesn’t work

It should work.

When you add the line in wp-config.php, make sure you are NOT adding it inside a commented section.

/**
* This is a comment section
*
*/

I did make sure that it wasn’t commented out. I just tried it again. No dice. I still only see the original 8 fields.

It works on my test installation.
I add the line to my wp-config.php, then go to the settings page for the contact form. Click on Advanced options and I have 15 extra fields.

I also tried it within another install, and also did not work. Are you using wordpress 2.9.1?

Yes I use wordpress 2.9.1
I cannot find any explanation why it does not work

You could try this:

edit si-contact-form.php, comment out this code:

// allow admin to override max allowed extra formfields
if(!defined('SI_CONTACT_FORM_MAX_FIELDS')) {
    define('SI_CONTACT_FORM_MAX_FIELDS',8); // allows up to 8 extra form fields (do not change here, see below ...)
    // if you need to add more extra form fields, add this line in wp-config.php: define('SI_CONTACT_FORM_MAX_FIELDS',10);
    // be sure to change the number 10 to the amount you actually need, no more.
}

replace with this:
define('SI_CONTACT_FORM_MAX_FIELDS',15);

I edited the si-contact-form.php file, and it still didn’t update how many fields are available. This is really strange, since that’s the only spot where it gets defined then.

scratch that. i got it working. thanks for all your help Mike! Great plugin… i love how it’s SO SIMPLE. A lot of the others are just overkill.

What was the problem?

I just needed to edit si-contact-form.php as you stated. That seemed to work.. but I imagine that this will break the next time I upgrade the plugin. It would be nice to set this field from within the plugin itself.