Title: action=”” in process_form_shortcode.php makes HTML non valid
Last modified: June 19, 2017

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# action=”” in process_form_shortcode.php makes HTML non valid

 *  Resolved [joachimschlosser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joachimschlosser/)
 * (@joachimschlosser)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/)
 * `action=""` in line 398 of `process_form_shortcode.php` makes HTML non valid.
   
   Removing the property altogether leaves the functionality intact and fixed that
   HTML violation.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [yikesitskevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yikesitskevin/)
 * (@yikesitskevin)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/#post-9244972)
 * Hi [@joachimschlosser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joachimschlosser/),
 * You’re 100% correct. I’ve removed this. I’m planning on pushing a small update
   at some point today and I will include this fix. Thanks a lot for letting us 
   know! 🙂
 * Kevin.
 *  Thread Starter [joachimschlosser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joachimschlosser/)
 * (@joachimschlosser)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/#post-9245077)
 * Thanks, Kevin, great. There is also a ton of other violations around nesting 
   of labels and input fields, but I have not yet looked into it deeply to suggest
   anything.
 *  Plugin Contributor [yikesitskevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yikesitskevin/)
 * (@yikesitskevin)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/#post-9248338)
 * Hi Joachim,
 * The `process_form_shortcode` file is huge and handles a lot of different options(
   so a lot of conditionals). It also mixes HTML and PHP, which can cause a lot 
   of unnecessary output and makes it more difficult to read (especially when combined
   with conditionals). I am not surprised that there are violations and I’d love
   to clean up this file more.
 * We have a ticket clean up this file so any advice/suggestions you have will be
   written down and appreciated!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Tracy Levesque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liljimmi/)
 * (@liljimmi)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 YIKES, Inc. Co-Owner
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/#post-9248773)
 * Hello.
 * Here is the ticket if you want to help out: [https://github.com/yikesinc/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/issues/640](https://github.com/yikesinc/yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender/issues/640)
 * Thank you!
    -Tracy

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 * Last reply from: [Tracy Levesque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liljimmi/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/action-in-process_form_shortcode-php-makes-html-non-valid/#post-9248773)
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