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HTML HTML Forms Choosing Options Select Menus

For the name value, do we have to use the prefix underscore (" _") all the time?

Instead of typing user_job and user_bio, can I use instead user-job, and user-bio? I'll use a dashes instead of the underscores? Will it matter? Can I use dashes in setting values in my id values too?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The choice of identifiers is up to you, the actual names are not important as long as they are used consistently.