HTML <form> accept-charset Attribute
Example
A form with an accept-charset attribute:
<form action="/action_page.php" accept-charset="utf-8">
<label for="fname">First name:</label>
<input type="text" id="fname"
name="fname"><br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
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Definition and Usage
The accept-charset attribute specifies the character encodings that are to be
used for the form submission.
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accept-charset | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
<form accept-charset="character_set">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| character_set | A space-separated list of one or more character encodings that are to be used for the form submission. Common values:
In theory, any character encoding can be used, but no browser understands all of them. The more widely a character encoding is used, the better the chance that a browser will understand it. To view all available character encodings, go to our Character sets reference. |
❮ HTML <form> tag
