The Form enctype property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of the enctype attribute in a form. This attribute specifies the data that will be present in the form should be encoded when submitting to the server. This type of attribute can be used only if method = “POST”.
Syntax:
- It is used to return the enctype property.
formObject.enctype
formObject.enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data, text/plain"
Property Values:
- application/x-www-form-urlencoded: It is the default value. It encodes all the characters before sent to the server. It converts 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.
Return Value It returns a string value which represent the encoded type of the form data when sending it to the server.
Example 1: This example use getElementById() method to return the enctype property.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
HTML DOM Form enctype Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>DOM Form enctype Property</h2>
<form action="#" id="GFG" method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname">
<br><br>
Last name: <input type="text" name="lname">
<br><br>
Address: <input type="text" name="Address">
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>
Click on Button to return enctype
attribute value
</p>
<button onclick = "myGeeks()">
Click Here!
</button>
<p id = "sudo"></p>
<!-- Script to return enctype property value -->
<script>
function myGeeks() {
var x = document.getElementById("GFG").enctype;
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Before Click on the Button:
After Click on the Button:
Example 2: This example set the enctype property.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<title>
HTML DOM Form enctype Property
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>DOM Form enctype Property</h2>
<form action="#" id="GFG" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
First name: <input type="text" name="fname">
<br><br>
Last name: <input type="text" name="lname">
<br><br>
Address: <input type="text" name="Address">
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>
Click on Button to return the
enctype attribute value
</p>
<button onclick="myGeeks()">
Click Here!
</button>
<p id="sudo"></p>
<!-- Script to set enctype attribute value -->
<script>
function myGeeks() {
var x = document.getElementById("GFG").enctype
= "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
= "The value of the enctype attribute"
+ " was changed to: " + x;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Before Click on the Button:
After Click on the Button:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Form enctype property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Firefox 1
- Opera 12.1
- Safari 3