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<form></form>
action
method
enctype
target
name
The <form> tag is used to set apart a data input form and specifies the details about how the input from the form is handled.
<form action="">
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Description
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The action attribute is a URL that specifies where the results of the form should be sent. Usually this is the URL to a some sort of a CGI script.
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Code
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<form action="URL"> . . . </form>
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<form method="">
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Description
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The method attribute specifies the way in which data is sent to the action URL. The method attribute must be either get or post.
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Code
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<form method="post"> . . . </form>
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<form enctype="">
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Description
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The enctype attribute specifies the media encoding type of the data to be sent to the action URL. The default value for the enctype attribute is the MIME type 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'.
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Code
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<form enctype="MIMETYPE"> . . . </form>
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<form target="">
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Description
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Similar to the <a> tag, the target attribute specifies the window location in which the form response should be sent to.
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Code
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<form target="TARGET"> . . . </form>
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<form name="">
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Description
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The name attribute may be any character string and is a way to identify the specific form for scripting puroposes.
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Code
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<form name="NAME"> . . . </form>
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