Input type for HTML form for integer

Question

The code below is from an HTML form. If the input is supposed to be an integer, do I need to change the "type'?

<div class="friend2title">
    <label for="url">Add points:</label>
</div> 
<div class="friend2field">
    <input name="state" type="text" id="state" maxlength="150">
</div>

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11302360/input-type-for-html-form-for-integer

Answer 1

<input type="number" step="1" ...

By adding the step attribute, you restrict input to integers.

Of course you should always validate on the server as well. Except under carefully controlled conditions, everything received from a client needs to be treated as suspect.