HTML enctype Attribute
HTML enctype Attribute specifies that data will be present in the form and should be encoded when submitting to the server. This type of attribute can be used only if method = “POST”.
Syntax
<form enctype = "value">
Attribute Values
This attribute contains three values which are listed below:
Attribute Values |
Descriptions |
---|---|
application/x-www-form-urlencoded |
It is the default value. It encodes all the characters before sent to the server. It converts spaces into + symbols and special character into its hex value. |
multipart/form-data |
This value does not encode any character. |
text/plain |
This value convert spaces into + symbols but special characters are not converted. |
Supported Tag
The enctype attribute is associated with <form> element only.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title >enctype attribute</ title > < style > h1 { color: green; } body { text-align: center; } </ style > </ head > < body > < h1 >w3wiki</ h1 > < h2 >enctype Attribute</ h2 > < form action = "#" method = "post" enctype = "multipart/form-data" > First name: < input type = "text" name = "fname" >< br > Last name: < input type = "text" name = "lname" >< br > Address: < input type = "text" name = "Address" >< br > < input type = "submit" value = "Submit" > </ form > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers
The browser supported by enctype Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge version 12
- Firefox 1
- Opera 12.1
- Safari 3
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