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Asked: 2026-05-16T10:28:10+00:00

When i try the following structure, it does’t send id=value <form action=some.php?id=value method=get> <input

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When i try the following structure, it does’t send id=value

<form action="some.php?id=value" method="get">
   <input name="name1" value="value1">
   <input type="submit">
</form>

I know that i can send id=value in hidden field, but it’s interesting, why it doesn’t allow such structure?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s because the “method=get” section of the form implies that the query values have to come from the form values.

    The collection which contains “id=value” is overidden by the collection containing the form values.

    This behaviour seems to be built into each browser, so I expect that it’s part of the HTML specification.

    Update

    Ahah:

    This has been asked before:
    submitting a GET form with query string params and hidden params disappear

    To Quote:

    As the specifications (RFC1866, page 46; HTML 4.x section 17.13.3) state:

    If the method is “get” and the action is an HTTP URI, the user agent takes the value of action, appends a `?’ to it, then appends the form data set, encoded using the “application/x-www-form-urlencoded” content type.

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