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HTML Forms

What is HTML Forms ?

It allows the users to enter the data which is sent to server for processing. Web forms are resemble paper or database because the users are filling the forms using check box, radio buttons and text fields. Mostly web forms are used for filling forms, credit card details or shipping. Also their are many different types of forms in the internet with different kinds of styles. These web forms can used for inquiry and search bar for websites.

Also we can make web forms using different programming languages those are HTML, Perl, PHP, Java, Java script or Net and it automatically adds themes, grids and minimum programming language also it's costs and risk able.

Her is a sample for an PHP form

<html>
<body>
 <form action="form_handler.php" method="get">
   User Name: <input name="user" type="text" />
   <input type="submit" />
 </form>
</body>
</html>

And their is an other language called Perl it is used for web development. Also it used for common gateway interface applications. And it's common way write web applications for the web developers. And it is easy to write for web developers.

Her is example for Perl web form

#!/usr/bin/perl
use CGI qw(:standard);
 
$user = param('user');
print header;
print html(
  body(
    p("Hello, $user!"),
  ),
); 
 
History of html forms
The Hyper text markup language was begun in 1980. Tim Berners Lee who invented a protyp
ed which is called ENQUIRE which was used to share documents. Also in 1989 he wrote a me
mo which was internet based hypertext system. And he wrote the browser and server softw
are inpast 1990’s. The first HTML was called as “HTML Tag” it was mentioned in the 1991 and
it describe the 20 element of comprising and simple design of HTML.
  
Real Life Usage


Html forms can used for many kinds of activities. Also mainly it is used by web developers and graphic designers. Also the web developers and web designer's can ad different kinds of features like radio buttons, check box and submit button and other stuff.

Here is an example for radio button;


<form>
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="male" /> Male<br />
<input type="radio" name="sex" value="female" /> Female
</form>  

And another example for check box;

<form>
<input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Bike" /> I have a bike<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="vehicle" value="Car" /> I have a car
</form> 

And there are many more coding which we can ad for html web forms.

Browser comparability

Mostly html web forms  can view in every web browser so their is no problems in viewing in the old browser or the new browsers. But some times the web form can be risk able for various things also, but their are no any other browser comparability has i know but their should be problems in rendering a web form in a browser. 


 


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