• HTML forms are a very powerful tool for interacting with user/user data
• HTML Forms are required, when you want to collect some data from the site visitor
• HTML Forms are one of the main points of interaction between a user and a website or application. They allow users to send data to the website
• An HTML form is a section of a document that contains controls such as text fields, password fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, submit button, etc.
• An HTML form facilitates the user to enter data that is to be sent to the server for processing such as name, email address, password, phone number, etc.
• The <form> tag is used to create an HTML form to take input from a user
• The <input> element is a fundamental form element that creates different form components with the type attribute

Creating Basic Form

Syntax & Example:

<form name="enrollmentForm" action="#" method="post">

    <table border="1" width="800" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">

        <th colspan="2"><h1>Enrollment Form </h1></th>

        <tr>
            <td>First Name:</td>
            <td><Input type="text" name="firstNameText" id="firstNameText1" /> </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Last Name:</td>
            <td><Input type="text" name="lastNameText" id="lastNameText1" /></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Password:</td>
            <td><Input type="password" name="password" id="password1" /></td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Gender:</td>
            <td>
                <input type="radio" name="gender" id="male" value="male" /> Male 
                <input type="radio" name="gender" id="female" value="female" /> Female 
                <input type="radio" name="gender" id="other" value="other" /> Other
            </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Hobby:</td>
            <td>
                <input type="checkbox" name="reading" id="reading" value="reading" /> Reading 
                <input type="checkbox" name="music" id="music" value="music" /> Music 
                <input type="checkbox" name="dance" id="dance" value="dance" /> Dance 
                <input type="checkbox" name="sports" id="sports" value="sports" /> Sports 
            </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Country:</td>
            <td>
                <select name="country" id="country">
                    <option value="india">India</option>
                    <option value="usa">USA</option>
                    <option value="uk">UK</option>
                    <option value="nz">NZ</option>
                </select>
            </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td>Comments:</td>
            <td>
                <textarea cols="40" rows="5">Enter Comments</textarea>
            </td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
            <td colspan="2">
                <center>
                    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
                    <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset" />
                </center>
            </td>
        </tr>

    </table> 

</form>