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Old 07-15-2004, 04:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Question How do I make my forms do someting in html

I have been coding in html for a long time but I dont know how to make forms do anything (retrieve feedback and such). Could anybody help?
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Old 07-15-2004, 10:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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With just HTML, you can't really do anything with the information that people put into a form. For form handling you need PHP, CGI, ASP, etc. - a web programming language. www.php.net is a good place to start learning PHP, or you can use a free pre-made form hander.
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Old 07-17-2004, 12:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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renhtob, could you give a specific example of the things you want forms to do? since you have been codin in html for a long time, I don't think that you don't know about scripts lol

and emily... I don't think www.php.net is good place for starters... a step by step tutorial book is better. btw, have you got a web server that you wanted before?
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Old 07-24-2004, 02:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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I would like my forms to gather info as an example
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Old 07-25-2004, 05:42 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
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are you wanting to link to a database or file? the best would be a database...

if so, you could just to a POST or GET in your form method and then the page it's going to make a database connection, store it there and you're done..
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