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    Form Attributes: HTML Forms

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    HTML forms allow users to enter data into a website. A form contains input elements like text fields and selects data from the user. The form then posts this data to a backend application like PHP via GET or POST requests. Common form elements include text inputs, checkboxes, radio buttons, select boxes and files. Forms are defined using HTML tags like <form> and <input> along with attributes like action, method, and target.

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    HTML forms allow users to enter data into a website. A form contains input elements like text fields and selects data from the user. The form then posts this data to a backend application like PHP via GET or POST requests. Common form elements include text inputs, checkboxes, radio buttons, select boxes and files. Forms are defined using HTML tags like <form> and <input> along with attributes like action, method, and target.

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    HTML Forms

    HTML Forms are required, when you want to collect some data from the
    site visitor. For example, during user registration you would like to collect
    information such as name, email address, credit card, etc.

    A form will take input from the site visitor and then will post it to a back-
    end application such as CGI, ASP Script or PHP script etc. The back-end
    application will perform required processing on the passed data based on
    defined business logic inside the application.

    There are various form elements available like text fields, textarea fields,
    drop-down menus, radio buttons, checkboxes, etc.

    The HTML <form> tag is used to create an HTML form and it has
    following syntax −
    <form action = "Script URL" method = "GET|POST">
    form elements like input, textarea etc.
    </form>

    Form Attributes
    Apart from common attributes, following is a list of the most frequently
    used form attributes −

    Sr.No Attribute & Description

    1 action

    Backend script ready to process your passed data.

    2 method

    Method to be used to upload data. The most frequently used are GET and
    POST methods.

    3 target

    Specify the target window or frame where the result of the script will be
    displayed. It takes values like _blank, _self, _parent etc.

    4 enctype

    You can use the enctype attribute to specify how the browser encodes
    the data before it sends it to the server. Possible values are −

    application/x-www-form-urlencoded − This is the standard method


    most forms use in simple scenarios.

    mutlipart/form-data − This is used when you want to upload binary


    data in the form of files like image, word file etc.

    HTML Form Controls


    There are different types of form controls that you can use to collect data
    using HTML form −

     Text Input Controls

     Checkboxes Controls

     Radio Box Controls

     Select Box Controls

     File Select boxes

     Hidden Controls

     Clickable Buttons

     Submit and Reset Button

    Text Input Controls


    There are three types of text input used on forms −

     Single-line text input controls − This control is used for items that require
    only one line of user input, such as search boxes or names. They are created
    using HTML <input> tag.

     Password input controls − This is also a single-line text input but it masks
    the character as soon as a user enters it. They are also created using HTMl
    <input> tag.

     Multi-line text input controls − This is used when the user is required to
    give details that may be longer than a single sentence. Multi-line input
    controls are created using HTML <textarea> tag.
    Single-line text input controls
    This control is used for items that require only one line of user input,
    such as search boxes or names. They are created using HTML <input>
    tag.

    Example
    Here is a basic example of a single-line text input used to take first name
    and last name −

    <html>

    <head>

    <title>Text Input Control</title>

    </head>

    <body>

    <form >

    First name: <input type = "text" name = "first_name" />

    <br>

    Last name: <input type = "text" name = "last_name" />

    </form>

    </body>

    </html>
    Attributes
    Following is the list of attributes for <input> tag for creating text field.

    Sr.No Attribute & Description

    1 type

    Indicates the type of input control and for text input control it will be set
    to text.

    2 name

    Used to give a name to the control which is sent to the server to be


    recognized and get the value.

    3 value

    This can be used to provide an initial value inside the control.

    4 size

    Allows to specify the width of the text-input control in terms of


    characters.

    5 maxlength

    Allows to specify the maximum number of characters a user can enter


    into the text box.

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