Configuring the Form Data Encoding

The enctype attribute specifies how the browser encodes the data to the server. There are three allowed values for this attribute:

ValueDescription
application/x-www-form-urlencodeddefault, This encoding cannot be used to upload files to the server.
multipart/form-dataused to upload files to the server.
text/plainvaries between browsers.
 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Example</title>
</head>
<body>
      <form method="post" action="http://yourServer/form">
            <input name="fave" /> <input name="name" />
            <button>Submit Vote</button>
      </form>
</body>
</html>
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form:
  1. <form> to get user input
  2. Using the base Element to Set a Destination for Form Data
  3. Configuring the HTTP method Attribute for Form element
  4. Configuring the Form Data Encoding
  5. Controlling Form Completion
  6. Specifying a Target for the Form Response
  7. Setting the Name of the Form
  8. Adding Labels to a Form
  9. Automatically Focusing on an input Element
  10. Disabling Individual input Elements
  11. Form Elements Outside the Form
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