What does enctype='multipart/form-data' mean in HTML?

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

Use the enctype attribute to specify how the browser encodes the data before it sends it to the server. Possible values are −

application/x-www-form-urlencoded − This is the standard method most forms use in simple scenarios.
mutlipart/form-data − This is used when you want to upload binary data in the form of files like image, word file etc.

Example

Let us now see an example −


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>HTML enctype attribute</title>
   <style>
      form {
         width: 70%;
         margin: 0 auto;
         text-align: center;
      }
      * {
         padding: 2px;
         margin: 5px;
      }
      input[type="button"] {
         border-radius: 10px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>Login</h1>
   <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="post">
      <fieldset>
         <legend>Enter the login details</legend>
         <label for="EmailSelect">Email Id:
            <input type="email" id="EmailSelect">
            <input type="button" onclick="getUserEmail('abc')" value="abc">
            <input type="button" onclick="getUserEmail('pqr')" value="pqr"><br>
            <input type="button" onclick="login()" value="Login">
         </label>
         <div id="divDisplay"></div>
      </fieldset>
   </form>
   <script>
      var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
      var inputEmail = document.getElementById("EmailSelect");
      function getUserEmail(userName) {
         if (userName === 'abc')
            inputEmail.value = 'abc@MNC.com';
         else
            inputEmail.value = 'pqr@MNC.com';
      }
      function login() {
         if (inputEmail.value !== '')
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Successful Login. Hello ' + inputEmail.value.split("@")[0];
         else
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Enter Email Id';
      }
   </script>
</body>
</html>

AmitDiwan

Updated on: 18-Oct-2022

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