src (HTML attribute)
| IE7 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9.2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | None | None | None |
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4.01 |
Example
The src
attribute loads "stock-prices.php" into the
iframe:
<iframe src="stock-prices.php" height="200" width="200" frameborder="1" title="The latest stock prices, including Nikkei, FTSE100" longdesc="stocks.txt"> </iframe>
Description
The src
attribute instructs the browser where on the server to look for the web
page that should be presented to the user in the current
iframe. This may be a file in the same directory, a
file somewhere else on the same server or a file held on another
server.
The example shows a file in the same directory as the web
page that contains the iframe, but if the file was in a
directory that is one level higher than the referencing page, the syntax
would be:
<iframe src="../stock-prices.php" height="200" width="200" frameborder="1" title="The latest stock prices, including Nikkei, FTSE100" longdesc="stocks.txt">
../ equates to ‘move up one directory in the
hierarchy’.
You can also reference a file relative to the web site’s root (anything after the domain name):
<iframe src="/stock-prices.php" height="200" width="200" frameborder="1" title="The latest stock prices, including Nikkei, FTSE100" longdesc="stocks.txt">
Value
The location of the file, relative to the referencing document, relative to the server root or as a complete URI containing the http:// protocol, the server name and the path to the document on that server.
Compatibility
| IE | 5.5 | None |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | None | |
| 7.0 | None | |
| Firefox | 1.0 | None |
| 1.5 | None | |
| 2.0 | None | |
| Safari | 1.3 | None |
| 2.0 | None | |
| 3.0 | None | |
| Opera | 9.2 | None |
Every browser listed supports this attribute.
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