Example Use the http-equiv attribute to define the character set for an HTML document: <head> <meta http-equiv="Conte...
Example
Use the http-equiv attribute to define the character set for an HTML document:<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" /> </head> |
Definition and Usage
The http-equiv attribute provides an HTTP header for the information in the content attribute.The http-equiv attribute can be used to simulate an HTTP response header.
The value of the http-equiv attribute depends on the value of the content attribute.
If the name attribute is set, the http-equiv attribute should not be set.
Browser Support
The http-equiv attribute is supported in all major browsers.
Syntax
<meta http-equiv="value" /> |
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| Allow | Defines the methods supported by the server |
| Content-Encoding | Defines additional content-encoding for the document |
| Content-Length | Defines the size of the document (in bytes) |
| Content-Type | Defines the MIME type of the document (like text/html) |
| Date | Defines when the document was created |
| Expires | Defines when the document will be considered obsolete |
| Last-Modified | Defines when the document was last modified |
| Location | Defines an absolute URL for the document |
| Refresh | Defines a time interval for the document to refresh itself |
| Set-Cookie | Defines a cookie-value |
| WWW-Authenticate | Defines authentication rules returned by the server |
