Forms

Form starts with <FORM> and ends with </FORM>. All other elements are allowed inside form element execpt another form.

Example of form start tag:
<FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="http://www.uta.fi/cgi-bin/mailform?litera>, where attribute METHOD tells how data is sent to script. Possible METHOD values are GET and POST. ACTION attribute tells where is the script that handles data.

User can write text or give values by INPUT fields in form. Common INPUT TYPEs are:

• TEXT, <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="name_is">
• CHECKBOX, <INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX NAME="student">
• RADIO, <INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="from">

• SELECT is used for giving user list of choises, like:
  <SELECT>
  <OPTION> HTML
  <OPTION> SGML
  </SELECT>

• TEXTAREA can be used for longer text input like e-mail message:
  <TEXTAREA NAME="text" ROWS=2 COLS=40></TEXTAREA>

<FORM ACTION="http://www.uta.fi/~cgi-bin/mailform&litera" METHOD="Post">
Your name is: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="name_is"><BR>
If you are student check this: <INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX NAME="student">
Where are you from:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME=FROM VALUE="Tampere"> Tampere<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME=FROM VALUE="Some other place"> Some other place<BR>
I am interested in : <SELECT>
<OPTION> HTML
<OPTION>SGML
</SELECT><BR>
My message : <TEXTAREA NAME="text" ROWS=2 COLS=40></TEXTAREA>
</FORM>