Form Handling in HTML

What is an HTML Form ?

An HTML form is a section of a document containing normal content, markup and special elements called controls.
HTML forms are used to pass data to a server.
Users generally "complete" a form by modifying its controls (entering text, selecting menu items, etc.), before submitting the form to a server for processing

Creating an HTML Form

To create an HTML form we use the <form> tag.

General Syntax

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<form>
.
input controls
.
</form>

</body>

</html>

What are “input controls” ?

An HTML form can contain GUI elements like

"Text fields"

"Checkboxes"

"Radio-buttons"

"Lists"

and many more. These all are called “input controls” because users use them for inputting data.

Various Attribute Of <table> Tag

Table tag has following important attributes:

<border> Sets the border width in numerical values from 0 and up.
<cellspacing> Empty space between table data cells.
<cellpadding> Empty space between the edge of a cell and cell content.
<align>Aligns the table to the left, right or center.
<width> and <height> The width/height of the table; measured in pixels or percentage.
<bgcolor> Background color for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified.
<background> Background image for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified.
<bordercolor> Border color for the table.

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