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Attribute
Name Description Example
ENCTYPE It specifies how the form data should be <FORM ACTION=“/action_page.php”
encoded when submitting the form to the METHOD=“POST” ENCTYPE=“text/
server. It can be application/x-www-form- plain”>

urlencoded, multipart/form-data or text/plain.

Understanding GET and POST Methods

The METHOD attribute specifies how data is transmitted to the server, either appended to the URL
or included in the HTTP request body.

The GET method is the default for form submissions. If no method is specified, GET is used and the
data appears in the browser’s address bar. For sensitive or personal information, use the POST
method, which has no size limitation and can send large data.

PRIVACY PRACTICES
While creating a form, avoid using the GET method to send sensitive data such as passwords or credit
card numbers because the data is exposed in the Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

The <FORM> tag was first introduced in HTML 2.0, which was released in November 1995.

THE <LABEL> TAG

The <LABEL> tag represents a caption for an item in a form. The syntax to use the <LABEL> tag is
as follows:

<LABEL FOR="ID OF INPUT ELEMENT">Label Text</LABEL>
The related <INPUT> tag can be nested inside the <LABEL> tag. The <LABEL> tag has one attribute,
FOR, which links the label to the ID attribute of the <INPUT> tag.

THE <INPUT> TAG
This is the most commonly used tag within HTML forms. You can specify various types of user
input fields using the <INPUT> tag. An <INPUT> tag can be of types like text, password, etc.

The following table lists the different attributes of <INPUT> tag:

Attribute Name Values Description
TYPE TEXT, PASSWORD, It is used to specify the type of the <INPUT> tag. Its
BUTTON, CHECKBOX, default value is text.

RADIO, SUBMIT and
RESET.

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