what is the difference between them?

Question

the first one i mentioned gender,value but the second one i didn't, but the result is same ,why? can anybody explain for me? thnx!

<input type="checkbox" name="gender" value="1" />Male <br />
<input type="checkbox" name="gender" value="2" />Female <br />

<input type="checkbox"/>Male<br/>
<input type="checkbox"/>Female<br/>

Answer 1

I pasted your code into a working (public utility) POST exchange so you can try it out.

https://code.sololearn.com/Wm5KbGCQ49C3/?ref=app

Answer 2

Aesthetically, there is no difference, but in the second example the server cannot know what values were uploaded, and by the way, the first example should be inside <form> tags.