Answer: What does enctype='multipart/form-data' mean?

answer re: What does enctype='multipart/form-data' mean?

Feb 7 '15

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when should we use it

Quentin's answer is right: use multipart/form-data if the form contains a file upload, and application/x-www-form-urlencoded otherwise, which is the default if you omit enctype.

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• add some more HTML5 references
• explain why he is right with a form submit example

HTML5 references

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