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Posted by Sandeep Krishnan
Sandeep Krishnan
9,730 Points

Is the any real difference between value and Name ( in HTML inputs ?)

i am struggling with this even on open Web. I have seen previous Youtube video where the tutors have loosely and interchangeably used the name vs value attribute in an <input> Tag>>>> I understand either can be used to connect to Javascript using the post method. Alternatively you can create a class to connect to JS. SO would you think I should even use value element in an input Tag???

4 Answers

egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points

Not quite, since you can use both on client-side (manipulation or client-sided validation) and server-side (store data in a database).

You can think of the attribute name as the variable name and the attribute value as its content.

egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points
egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points

Hi Sandeep

Value and name are different (you will see it, when you start to learn server-side programming). Value can be the text you have entered in a field, value of a checkbox or radio button that you have specified. It can even be a value from a hidden field, which you sometimes need to convey additional information.

Name on the other hand, represents the form element and gives it a name, so you can get the value out of it. For example, if you want to get a value of the field named 'firstname' and put in in a variable named $fistname via PHP, you will use something like this:

$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];

I hope this helps you.

Sandeep Krishnan
Sandeep Krishnan
9,730 Points
Sandeep Krishnan
Sandeep Krishnan
9,730 Points

Thanks Egarat. Basically "Value" is for Server side and "name" is for client side usage in a sense ?

Sandeep Krishnan
Sandeep Krishnan
9,730 Points
Sandeep Krishnan
Sandeep Krishnan
9,730 Points

ah ha now I got ! that was perfect explanation variable name and content :)

egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points

glad I could help, happy coding! :)