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enctype attribute | encoding property

Sets or retrieves the MIME encoding for the form.

Syntax

HTML<element enctype="p" ... >
JavaScript

p = object.encoding

Property values

Type: String

the format of the data being submitted by the form.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Default value.

Remarks

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 also recognizes multipart/form-data, which, along with a POST method, is required to submit a file upload to the server.

See also

form
action

 

 

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