Lesson 3

HIDDEN input

Syntax : <INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="LOCATION" VALUE="USA Form">

When used with form, it sends the above hidden text with the data collected via form. If there is more than one form, VALUE will help to identify the data collected via form.

File Upload input

Syntax : <INPUT TYPE=FILE NAME="myfile">

When using this type of input, you must use ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" in your FORM tag.

SUBMIT and RESET buttons

Syntax of SUBMIT : <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT>

Syntax of RESET : <INPUT TYPE=RESET>

You can specify a VALUE with SUBMIT and RESET as

<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Send it anyway !">

Using an image for a Submit button as

<INPUT TYPE=IMAGE SRC="http://media.bizhat.com/phptutorial/submit.gif" WIDTH=94 HEIGHT=26 BORDER=0 ALT="Submit">

INPUT TYPE=IMAGE is by default, a Submit button.

The following code will take you to a new page (Home page of http://phptutorial.bizhat.com) when clicked on Submit button.

<FORM ACTION="index.html">

<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Table Tutor">

</FORM>