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How to create HTML Form

In this tutorial, we will learn about  How to create HTML Form. So far we have discussed how to create a frame, tables, List, insert Images, Linking in HTML etc. HTML Form is one of the most important  part of the websites  Every website has Contact forms or feedback forms.. Filling the Digital forms  saves time, cost of printing, and  paperwork  Before learning about how to create a Form lets understand  what is a form?

What is a form?

Dictionary meaning of the form is  a blank document or template to be filled in by the user, in the same way as HTML Forms. HTML Forms are used  to gather/collect information about an user or customer, such as  his or her  e-mail address, name, address, phone, date of birth and, educational qualification etc. 
<form></form> tag is used to create the HTML Form as given below.
<form action="abc.php" method="">
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</form>

Attributes of <form> tag
1. Action = "abc.php" -  The action to be performed when the form is submitted.
2. Method="Post" or "Get" -  By default, the method is Get. It is used to display the submitted form data in the address bar of the browser.  If the user changes the method to post then the submitted form data will not appear in the address bar of the browser. It is used to send a large amount of data in one go.

Form Controls

<Input> :
<input> tag is used to create interactive controls using type attributes.
1. <input type="Text">         Text is used to enter single line data. i.e. not more the 255.
2. <input type="radio">        Radio is used to create radio button. It is used to select only one
                                                  option from multiple options.
3. <input type="submit">      Submit button is used to submit the form.
4. <input type ="checkbox"> Checkbox is used to create Checkbox. It is used to select multiple.

  Atributes of <input> tag
  1. Type="radio" / "text"/"checkbox"/"submit" 
  2. Name="name of the element"
  3. Value= "text" - specifies the default value.
  4. Maxlength=value - Specifies the maximum number of characters in the text box.
  5. Size=value - Specifies the width of the text box.
Text in the Form 

Text is used to enter single line data i.e. not more than 255 characters. 

 Example:

How to create form- Text
The output is :
how to create a form using text
How to create form - text 

Radio Button in the Form

 Radio button  is used to select only one option out of many option. 

 Example:
how to create a form
Output is 
How to create form - radio button
Output is :

How to create form - Radio button
Text Area in the Form

Textarea it is used to enter the multi-line text.
Atributes of Textarea:
  1. name="name of the textarea"
  2. rows=value - Numbers of rows.
  3. cols=value -  Numbers of column.
 Example:
how to create form- textarea
To create form using Textarea
       Output is 

How to create form using Textarea




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