HTML | <input> formenctype Attribute

Last Updated : 12 Aug, 2022

The HTML <input> formenctype Attribute is used to specify how to form-data encoded when submitting the form into the server. This attribute works with method="post". This attribute overrides the enctype attribute of the <form> element.

Syntax:

<input formenctype="value">

Attribute Values:

application/x-www-form-urlencoded: It is the default value. It encodes all the characters before sent to the server. It converts all spaces into "+" symbols and special character into its "hex" value.
multipart/form-data: This value does not encode any character.
text/plain: This value convert spaces into "+" symbols but special characters are not converted.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>HTML input formenctype Attribute</title>
</head>

<body style="text-align: center">

    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>

    <h4>HTML &lt;input&gt; formenctype Attribute</h4>

    <form action="#" method="post">

        First name:
        <input type="text" name="fname"> Last name:
        <input type="text" name="lname">
        <br>
        <br>

        <input type="submit" value="Submit" 
               formenctype="multipart/form-data">
    </form>
</body>

</html>