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html empty tags

why there is a"/"in empty tags such as <br/> ??? Is there any difference between <br> and <br/> ??

6th Oct 2017, 2:45 PM
Tharuja Sandeepanie
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2 Answers
+ 5
No, the "/" is optional
6th Oct 2017, 2:48 PM
👑 Prometheus 🇸🇬
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- 1
XHTML needs "/" at the end of empty tags, in HTML its optional.
6th Oct 2017, 5:35 PM
Freezemage
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