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="">
Description
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.
Code
<form action="URL"> . . . </form>
<form method="">
Description
The method attribute specifies the way in which data is sent to the action URL. The method attribute must be either get or post.
Code
<form method="post"> . . . </form>
<form enctype="">
Description
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'.
Code
<form enctype="MIMETYPE"> . . . </form>
<form target="">
Description
Similar to the <a> tag, the target attribute specifies the window location in which the form response should be sent to.
Code
<form target="TARGET"> . . . </form>
<form name="">
Description
The name attribute may be any character string and is a way to identify the specific form for scripting puroposes.
