HTML Forms

HTML Forms are used to gather data from the client and send it to a server for processing.

There are thus always two main stages to any online form:

  1. Gather the data from the client - The HTML form shell is used to show the form controls for the user to provide data. This stage ends when the user chooses to submit the form. COMP1850 required curriculum
  2. Process the form data - An HTTP server will have a server-side processing script which will do something useful with the data. NOT COMP1850 curriculum

Examine the source code of this document for details

NOTE: Submitting this form will result in an error message (the server side processing script does not exist).