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The <FORM> Tag

                 The <FORM> tag is used to create the form boundary on a web page. It is a container tag. All
                 other form related tags are placed inside the opening <FORM> and closing </FORM> tags.
                 The syntax to use the <FORM> tag is as follows:
                    <FORM>

                     ...

                     ...

                     (Form Elements)

                     ...

                     ...

                     </FORM>
                 Some commonly used attributes of the <FORM> tag are:

                 •   ACTION: This attribute specifies the action that will take place when the form is submitted. It
                    takes the URL of another web page or an e-mail address to receive the information.
                 •   METHOD: This attribute specifies the type of method the form will use to submit the entered
                    values. The most commonly used values for this attribute are POST and GET.
                 •   ENCTYPE:  This  attribute  specifies  the  data  encoding  method  a  web  browser  uses  before
                    sending it to the server. This attribute can take any of the following values:

                   §  application/x-www-form-urlencoded: It is used when you want to encode the URL.

                   §  multipart/form-data: It is used when you want to upload a file or image.
                   §  text/plain: It is used to send the data without any encoding.
                 The <INPUT> Tag


                 The <INPUT> tag is one of the most important form elements. It is used to create controls or
                 fields to take input from the user in the form of text, selection and click. The <INPUT> tag has
                 the following attributes:
                 •   NAME: This attribute is used to specify the identity of the field on the web page.
                 •   TYPE: This attribute is used to specify the type of field we want to create. It takes one of the
                    predefined values. The predefined values for this attribute are:

                   §  TEXT: This value is used to create a text box field. A text box field is a one-line text input
                      control. The text is the default value of the TYPE attribute.

                   §  RADIO: This value is used to create a radio button control. A radio button control is used to
                      select only one option from a set of options.

                   §   CHECKBOX: This value is used to create a checkbox control. A checkbox control allows us
                      to select multiple options from a set of options.
                   §   BUTTON: This value is used to create an action button control. An action button control is
                      used to perform an action with a click.



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