HTML <meta> http-equiv Attribute
 HTML <meta> tag
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" />
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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 |
Note: The attribute value "Refresh" is nonstandard, and should not be used. "Refresh" takes the control of a page away from the user. Using "Refresh"
will cause a failure in W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
HTML <meta> tag
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