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W3C Validation Warning, name attribute phasing out ? What would happen with PHP $_POST and forms submissions?

Any idea's what would be the successor of the name attribute ?

As per the w3c validator ....

Validation Output: 4 Warnings

Below is a list of the warning message(s) produced when checking your document.

    Warning Line 12, Column 21: The name attribute is obsolete. Consider putting an id attribute on the nearest container instead.

    <p><a name="_GoBack"></a></p>

Ok so we don't really care about the actual line of code ... what I care most about is the NAME attribute ... If they are deprecating it how would we submit out input fields to php ??

That is my main question ... Thanks

Solution

  • This warning is talking specifically about anchor elements. The name attribute is still perfectly valid for form elements.

    For anchors it's been deprecated in favor of id, which you can use to link to via a hashtag.