Form Tag in HTML
Form tag is a very important tag in HTML. By the form tag, we can design a form in a webpage. A form is used to pass data from a user to the server. If you want to design a form on your website or webpage then you should use form tag. A form can contain your data by text fields, check boxes, radio button, dropdown etc. A most important element in form tag is input element. Input element is the most important element in form tag.
Attributes of Form Tag:
- Action:- This attribute is used to send form data when a form is submitted.
- Method:- This attribute specifies that how to send form data. The form data can be sent as URL variables (with method=”get”) or as HTTP post (with method=” post”).
Some Important Elements of Form Tag:
- <input>
- <button>
- <option>
- <select>
- <textarea>
Source Code of Form Tag is given below:
NOTE: Here some.php is a php file which will use the data which will pass through a form.
<html> <head> <title>table example</title> </head> <body> <form action="some.php" method="post"> <table> <tr> <td>Name</td> <td><input type=text /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Password</td> <td><input type=password /></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gender</td> <td><input type=radio name=gender/>M<input type=radio name=gender/>F</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Course</td> <td><input type=checkbox name=php/>PHP <input type=checkbox name=java/>JAVA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>City</td> <td> <select> <option>DELHI</option> <option>Roorkee</option> <option>Dehradun</option> <option>khatima</option> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><input type=submit /> <input type=reset /></td></td> </tr> </table> </form> </body> </html>
Output of the Form Tag in HTML: