enctype Attribute

Where to use the enctype Attribute

• As Type ContentType - default="application/x-www-form-urlencoded":
  enctype is declared on the element: form

Description

For form elements with method="post", the enctype attribute specifies the content type of the submitted data.

The value of the enctype attribute should be either "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" (the default) or "multipart/form-data". Behaviour for other values is unspecified (see - for HTML4 - *HTML 4 - Form content types).

When submitting non-ASCII characters or binary data or when using input type="file" within a form, the form element should be given enctype="multipart/form-data" and method="post".