how to overcome "name" attribute error in xhtml Strict

Question

in my form i have this code

<form action="mail.php" class="contactForm" name="cform" method="post">

Problem is when i validate it tells me "name" is not allowed on xhtml strict. is there a way i can use soem thing else for this.

thanks

Answer 1

You should be using id as a unique identifier instead of name.

Is there a particular reason that you need to set the name though? You can just remove the name declaration unless there's a reason for it.