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CREATING FORMS IN HTML
We have seen various types of forms such as registration form, login form and feedback form
on the different types of websites. These forms are created by using HTML. Generally, a form is
collection of different types of fields to take the input from the user on the web page. It replaces
the paper-based forms used earlier. Nowadays, we notice that most of the schools, universities
and other commercial organisations use the online forms to submit or accept the information.
There are different types of fields such as text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, drop-down
menus and password are used to accept different types of information.
HTML provides two main tags which are <FORM> and <INPUT> to handle the forms on the web
page. Let us learn about these in detail.
The <FORM> Tag
The <FORM> tag is used to create the form boundary on the web page. It is a container tag. All the other
form related tags such as <INPUT>, <SELECT> and <TEXTAREA> are used inside the opening <FORM>
and closing </FORM> tags. The syntax to use the <FORM> tag is as follows:
<FORM> Form Elements </FORM>
The <FORM> tag has the two main attributes which are:
✶ ACTION: This attribute is used to specify the action that will take place when we submit
the form values. It takes the URL of another web page or an e-mail address to receive the
information.
✶ METHOD: It specifies the type of method form will use to accept the values entered into form
fields. The most commonly used values for this attribute are POST and GET.
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