Basic PHP Forms

[keffodan]

Could someone please explain to me what this will php code will actually do with a brief description of each value/attribute?

 

Is it essentially creating a form with a place to enter a name and a choice of choosing module 1 or module 2? What do the method = post and action = link do exactly?

 

Any help appreciated.

 

<form id ="test" name = "test" method = "post"

action = "http://www.ipa.ie/test.php">

 

</form>

 

<label for = "name">Enter name</label>

<input type = "text" name = "name"id = "name"/>

 

<label>

<input type -"radio" name = "modules" value = "1"

id = "modules_0"/>

web</label>

</br>

 

<label>

<input type = "radio"name = "modules" value = "2"

id = "modules_1"/>

hardware</label>

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

That's not PHP code; it's HTML.

 

method="post" describes how the information in the form will be sent to the server. You can see details here:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_%28HTTP%29

 

action="" tells the browser where to submit the form contents. When you press the submit button, the browser makes an HTTP request to the link provided in action= containing the form data.

[keffodan]

Thanks!