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Using HTML Forms With PHP

By Nicholas Chase
2004-01-09

The HTML Form
During the course of the article, you'll look at how different types of HTML form elements provide information that PHP can access. For this example, I use a simple information form that consists of two text fields, two checkboxes, and a select box that permits multiple entries:

Listing 1. The HTML form 
<html>

<head><title>Tour Information</title></head>

<body>



<h2>Mission Information</h2>



<form action="formaction.php">

  <table width="100%">

    <tr><td>Ship Name:</td><td><input type="text" name="ship" /></td></tr>

    <tr><td>Trip Date:</td><td><input type="text" name="tripdate" /></td></tr>

    <tr><td colspan="2">Mission Goals:</td></tr>

    <tr>

      <td><input type="checkbox" name="exploration" value="yes" /> Exploration</td>

      <td><input type="checkbox" name="contact" value="yes" /> Contact</td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td valign="top">Crew species:  </td>

      <td>

        <select name="crew" multiple="multiple">

           <option value="xebrax">Xebrax</option>

           <option value="snertal">Snertal</option>

           <option value="gosny">Gosny</option>

        </select>

      </td>

    </tr>

    <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" /></td></tr>

  </table>

</form>



</body>

</html>

Without a method specified, this form uses the default, GET, in which the browser appends form values to the

URL, as in: 


http://www.vanguardreport.com/formaction.php?

ship=Midnight+Runner&tripdate=12-15-2433&exploration=yes&crew=snertal&crew=gosny

Figure 1 shows the form itself.
Figure 1. The HTML form
The HTML form




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