encType, IE adding a encType to form method post Options

[JGreene]

Fairly new to all of this and this problem has got me baffled. I have a test and a production system that are not acting the same. I have a web page that is using a simple send_mail.php program. I have the normal three boxes for entering text. NAME, Email address, Comments. And I have coded placeholder with those labels so they show in the boxes. With my test system these labels show up and the php works and I get my email.

With my production system, these labels don’t show up in Internet Explore. In Chrome and Firefox the do.
In IE when I go to the Developer Tools. I see a encType added to my form code. This is in the production system. It doesn’t show up in the test system.

Here is that code from my production system

<form action=”send_mail.php” encType=”application/x-www-form-urlencoded” method=”post”>

I guess I don’t understand where the encType came from and why it shows only in the production system with IE.
I first thought it was my http.conf file but I believe test and production are the same.
I thought it was the mime file but I believe these are the same.
The php.ini is the same and the html and css is the same along with the PHP program.
I would be grateful for any insight to this.

[Christian J]

I have coded placeholder with those labels so they show in the boxes. With my test system these labels show up and the php works and I get my email.

With my production system, these labels don’t show up in Internet Explore. In Chrome and Firefox the do.

With labels, do you mean the LABEL element? Please post sample code showing the HTML form.

In IE when I go to the Developer Tools. I see a encType added to my form code. This is in the production system. It doesn’t show up in the test system.

IE browsers include every HTML attribute and javascript property (with default values) that they support in their internal rendering engine. This can be seen with e.g. the javascript innerHTML property, but I don't know if the IE developer tools show it too. But then you should see it on your test system as well, and also all the other properties.

Here is that code from my production system

<form action=”send_mail.php” encType=”application/x-www-form-urlencoded” method=”post”>

You should never use fancy/curly quotes in HTML (or text editors that use them), only use the normal ones:

CODE

<form action="send_mail.php" encType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post">

I guess I don’t understand where the encType came from and why it shows only in the production system with IE.

Do they should up if you use traditional View Source on the production page, and view it in a text editor instead of the developer tools? Are you using any javascript with the form? I can't see how PHP could add it.