Lecture 6 - Applications #3.2: HTTP

Form Elements

Data is collected in a form by the use of INPUT tags. Each INPUT tag has an associated TYPE attribute.

For example:

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT"

This INPUT type can take several further attributes, eg:

<INPUT TYPE="TEXT"  NAME="Name" MAXLENGTH="64" SIZE="20">

In a browser, this would be presented as a (scrollable) textbox, 20 characters wide (but able to accept 64 characters of input).

There are several other INPUT types:

TYPE="PASSWORD"
TYPE="CHECKBOX"
TYPE="RADIO"
TYPE="IMAGE"
TYPE="HIDDEN"
TYPE="SUBMIT"
TYPE="RESET"

Lecture 06: Applications #3.2: HTTP

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