html - Does form data still transfer if the input tag has no name?

Question

For efficiency purposes I am wondering if a file or text in a textarea still gets transferred to the server if you omit the name attribute or set it to null. eg

<input type="file" id="file" name="">
<textarea id="text" name="">

I notice that the data is not available at the server if you do this.

Answer 1

The W3C specification, if I understand it correctly, mandates that every form input element has a name attribute specified. Otherwise that element will not be processed. Source