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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics The Button Element

Dylan Carter
Dylan Carter
4,780 Points
Posted by Dylan Carter
Dylan Carter
4,780 Points

form attributes, "name" vs "id"....?

Hey everyone,

just had a quick question that i wanna make sure i have straight.

with the two above attributes, am i correct by saying that the id is used for our css and such, while the name would be used more as a "variable" for JS or any backend programming?

2 Answers

Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points
Mikkel Rasmussen
Mikkel Rasmussen
31,772 Points

Example: 

         <input type="number" name="user_number" id="nm">

To access its value with php you would write:

filter_input(INPUT_POST, "user_number");
Jeremy Castanza
Jeremy Castanza
12,081 Points
Jeremy Castanza
Jeremy Castanza
12,081 Points

I've tried thinking of it like this... ID is for the front-end developer (i.e. Used for Design). Name is for the back-end developer (i.e. Used for Data).