is HTML case sensitve

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    is HTML case sensitive!
     
    leejohn, Apr 29, 2013 IP
  2. nosvideo.com

    nosvideo.com Greenhorn Affiliate Manager

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    #2
    No but it's good to keep lowercase
     
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    HTML? No. The practice of lower case came about for XHTML, which being in a XML namespace means tags should be lower case.

    For consistency sake and so everyone is on the same page, and for ease of switching between types, it's generally accepted that anything with upper case tags in it predates HTML 4. Kind of like naming your files ".htm" instead of ".html" reeks of "what is this, 1994?"

    It doesn't ACTUALLY matter, but that's the last time such things were accepted practice.
     
    deathshadow, Apr 29, 2013 IP
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    SitesTen Active Member

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    HTML is NOT case sensitive as the others replied. Just have something in mind. Depending on the underlying hosting OS (or actually the filesystem) you may experience some problems with file names. In windows there is no difference whenever you use upper or lowercase files, but in Unix/Linux it matters.

    If you host your html files under Windows index.html and iNdEx.html will open exactly the same file, but in Linux those are two different files. So always stick on lowercase filenames for compatibility.
     
    SitesTen, Apr 30, 2013 IP
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    Blindly i'd say no.
    But in general, better to use in lowercase standard.
     
    HussainMHB, May 1, 2013 IP
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    No its not, but if you want to script clean... use lowercase!
     
    darkvisje, May 2, 2013 IP
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    no it's not, you rather use lowercase.
     
    fmaki, Nov 2, 2013 IP
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    Was it a question! I mean was it a question? :)
    No, html is not case-sensitive.
     
    FTS!, Nov 2, 2013 IP
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    No it is not but in HTML5 you can do what you want but lower case is good approach.
     
    maisamjohnm, Nov 4, 2013 IP
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    Milen Grigorov Peon

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    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=is+HTML+case+sensitive%3F&l=1
    Try to google it :) it's easier for all of us, in this case you mostly :)
     
    Milen Grigorov, Nov 5, 2013 IP
  11. deathshadow

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    Wow, look at all the pointless "me too" responses to an already answered seven month old thread...
     
    deathshadow, Nov 5, 2013 IP
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    No html is not case sensitive . But i think its good practice to use same case upper or lower in one tag. For example <P></P> or <p></p>.
     
    John Michael, Jan 19, 2014 IP