HTML5: How to specify the form-data should be encoded when submitting it to the server?

Last update on February 09 2024 12:53:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration specifying the document type -->
<html><!-- Opening tag for the root element of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Opening tag for the document's header section -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Metadata tag specifying the character encoding of the document -->
<title>How to specify the form-data should be encoded when submitting it to the server</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
</head><!-- Closing tag for the document's header section -->
<body><!-- Opening tag for the document's body section -->
<form method="post" action="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/input-formenctype-answer-demo.php" ><!-- Form element defining a form with method, action, and formenctype attributes -->
   Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the name -->
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><!-- Submit button to submit the form data -->
<input type="submit" formenctype="multipart/form-data" value="Multipart/form-data"><!-- Submit button with formenctype attribute specifying multipart/form-data encoding -->
</form><!-- Closing tag for the form -->
</body><!-- Closing tag for the document's body section -->
</html><!-- Closing tag for the root element of the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML code demonstrates how to specify the encoding type of the form data when submitting it to the server.
The form element is defined with method set to "post" to specify how the form data should be submitted, and action set to the URL where the form data should be sent.
Inside the form, there is a text input field for entering the name.
There are two submit buttons:

The first submit button has the default form encoding.
The second submit button overrides the default encoding by specifying multipart/form-data using the formenctype attribute.

Live Demo:

See the Pen input-formenctype-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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