HTML5: Specify how the form-data should be encoded when submitting it to the server?

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Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Opening tag for declaring the document type -->
<html><!-- Opening tag for the root element of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Opening tag for the document's header section -->
<meta type="utf-8"><!-- Metadata tag (should be charset instead of type) specifying the character encoding of the document -->
<title>Example of HTML enctype attribute with form</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 action="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/form-enctype-answer-demo.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"><!-- Opening tag for the form element with attributes specifying the action URL, method, and enctype -->
 Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br><!-- Input field for entering a name -->
  Address: <input type="text" name="add"><br><!-- Input field for entering an address -->
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><!-- Submit button for submitting the form -->
</form><!-- Closing tag for the form element -->
</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 a form with the enctype attribute.
The enctype attribute specifies how the form data should be encoded before it is sent to the server.
In this case, enctype is set to "multipart/form-data", which is commonly used when the form includes file uploads.
The form's action attribute specifies the URL to which the form data will be submitted upon submission.
The method attribute specifies the HTTP method used to submit the form, in this case, POST.
Inside the form element, there are input fields for entering name and address information.
Each input field has a name attribute corresponding to the data it represents.
There is a submit button for submitting the form.

Live Demo:

See the Pen form-enctype-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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