HTML form elements are used to insert the form in the document. It is a method that allow author to collect information of users or visitors. The visitors only should fill up the form and then send by simply clicking submit button.
syntax:
<form></form>
Attributes of form tag are:-
- name=" ";
- method=" "; // It can be simply post or get.
- action=" ";// It is destination of data that is to be sent.
- enctype=" ";// multiport/form-data .It is used for file like image, video etc
eg:
<form action="test.php">
<fieldset>
<legend>My Information</legend>
Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
Address: <input type="text" name="address" />
Email: <input type="email" name="email" />
Phone: <input type="text" name="phone" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</fieldset>
</form>
Form Components
Textbox: This component is always used in form element. It is used to fill the form like Name or that box which only contains words.
Syntax:
Syntax:
<input type="text"/>
Attributes:
value=" "// default character on load
name=" "// unique identification in form
size=" "//width in no. of characters
maxlength=" "//maximum no. of characters allowed
placeholder=" "
eg:
<input type="text" value="name" name="n1" size="10" maxlength="20"/>
Passwordbox: Only used to fill the password box.
Syntax:
<input type=""password/>
Attributes: The attributes are same like the textbox such as name, size, maxlength and also placeholder.
Text Area: It is used to fill the box by long description.
Lets see the syntax. It syntax is little bit different than other form components.
<text area></textarea> // Unlike the input tag, it is pair tag.
Its attributes are also very similar to textbox like name but it also has rows and cols.
eg:
<textarea name="area" rows="50" cols="20">.....</textarea>
Radio button: Radio button is used to select one element at a time. Lets see and example then you will know better about it.
eg:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male"/>Male
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female"/>Female
Checkbox: It is used to select multiple values.
eg:
<input type="checkbox" name="abc[name of array for large data]"/>Football
<input type="checkbox" name="abc[name of array for large data]"/>Cricket
Select box: Just use the following code and then you can find how it works. Actually it is used to select an option form multiple data of dropdown box.
eg:
<select name=" "/>
<option value="Nepal" selected="selected">Nepal</option>
<option value="India">India</option>
<option value="China">China</option>
<option value="USA">USA</option>
File field: File field is used actually in order to have the image.
eg:
<input type="file" name="picture" multiple/>
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