Input Submit

Question

In the input element, submit, why is it not necessary to have a name attribute?

Answer 1

The button does have a similar attribute called “value”.

The “value” name will change the text on the button.

Here is the sytax for the input element submit:

<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

Here is a leason on the form
The last slide gives information on the submit element

https://www.sololearn.com/learn/HTML/1035/

Answer 2

It's not necessary because its only job is to submit the form.

But if you have multiple forms and a lot of input elements it's easier to check which form was submitted by checking which submit button value was set.

And with a lot if inputs it's easier to avoid undefined index errors.

if(isset($_POST["submit1"])){ echo "form 1 was submitted"; }

Answer 3

Thank you all for your answers.