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HTML

Posted by Rob Cachia
Rob Cachia
6,494 Points

Defining the correct charset

There appears to be a short and long version for this:

<meta charset="utf-8">

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

Does it matter which notation is used?

1 Answer

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Rob,

Your top example is the current html 5 way of declaring charset.

Rob Cachia
Rob Cachia
6,494 Points

Thanks Wayne – so is this safe to use with older browser versions?