CSCI 121 - Lecture 8 - Advanced Forms

Topics Covered

1. <form> - Form element
• action attribute - defines how to submit a form
• The action attribute defines the action to be performed when the form is submitted.
• Normally, the form data is sent to a web page on the server when the user clicks on the submit button.
• method attribute - defines the form submission method
• The method attribute specifies the HTTP method (GET or POST) to be used when submitting the form data:
• <form action="action_page.php" method="get">
• The default method when submitting form data is GET.
• However, when GET is used, the submitted form data will be visible in the page address field.
• <form action="action_page.php" method="post">
• Always use POST if the form data contains sensitive or personal information. The POST method does not display the submitted form data in the page address field.
• POST has no size limitations, and can be used to send large amounts of data.

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