Test.pl. The cgi-lib.pl Home Page. The CGI Resource Index. Forms in HTML documents. 17.1 Introduction to forms An HTML form is a section of a document containing normal content, markup, special elements called controls (checkboxes, radio buttons, menus, etc.), and labels on those controls. Users generally "complete" a form by modifying its controls (entering text, selecting menu items, etc.), before submitting the form to an agent for processing (e.g., to a Web server, to a mail server, etc.) Here's a simple form that includes labels, radio buttons, and push buttons (reset the form or submit it): <FORM action=" method="post"><P><LABEL for="firstname">First name: </LABEL><INPUT type="text" id="firstname"><BR><LABEL for="lastname">Last name: </LABEL><INPUT type="text" id="lastname"><BR><LABEL for="email">email: </LABEL><INPUT type="text" id="email"><BR><INPUT type="radio" name="sex" value="Male"> Male<BR><INPUT type="radio" name="sex" value="Female"> Female<BR><INPUT type="submit" value="Send"><INPUT type="reset"></P></FORM> Note.
Controls. Methods GET and POST in HTML forms - what's the difference? In HTML, one can specify two different submission methods for a form. The method is specified inside a FORM element, using the METHOD attribute. The difference between METHOD="GET" (the default) and METHOD="POST" is primarily defined in terms of form data encoding. The official recommendations say that "GET" should be used if and only if the form processing is idempotent, which typically means a pure query form.
Generally it is advisable to do so. Content: The fundamental differences between "GET" and "POST" The HTML specifications technically define the difference between "GET" and "POST" so that former means that form data is to be encoded (by a browser) into a URL while the latter means that the form data is to appear within a message body. The HTML 2.0 specification says, in section Form Submission (and the HTML 4.0 specification repeats this with minor stylistic changes): In the HTTP specifications (specifically RFC 2616) the word idempotent is defined as follows: Basic Forms | basic inputs: <form>, text-input boxes, radi. Path // → → BASIC FORMS Using simple HTML forms is a very slick way of receiving information from your visitors.
You put a few boxes and buttons on your page, they enter in their details and you receive them through email — brilliant. This page was last updated on 2012-08-21 Form Structure Just like the rest of HTML, forms follow a structure. This tag and its attributes start a new form; name the form “feedback”, specify that the method the form will use is to post the information, and give the location that the information will be sent to with the action attribute — in this case your email address. Warning. Once you’ve set down that a form is going here, you will need to populate it with some of the input elements and a submit button. Text Boxes These will probably be the main parts of your form. One-line Text Box The first type of text box is a one-line box, suitable for information like their name or email address.
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