The Basics the basics buttons selection lists textarea fields checkboxes text boxes radio buttons functionality index First of all, all elements of forms will only appear when inclosed within a form tag.
Action is simply the URL of the CGI or program which processes the information.
Method can be either post or get . Indicating post saves the information somewhere and may elicit a response, and get retrieves information, possibly based on a query. Now for any information to be sent to the CGI and make the form functional, there must be some way for the user to provide input. Input tags come in many different shapes and sizes, and represent information in different ways. All rights reserved.