HTML5: How to specify the URL that will process the data supplied through input(s) when the form is submitted?

Last update on February 09 2024 12:52:48 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution :

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration specifying the document type -->
<html><!-- Opening tag for the root element of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Opening tag for the document's header section -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Metadata tag specifying the character encoding of the document -->
<title>How to specify the URL that will process the data supplied through input(s) when the form is submitted</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
</head><!-- Closing tag for the document's header section -->
<body><!-- Opening tag for the document's body section -->
<form method="POST" action="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/input-formation-submit-answer-demo.php"><!-- Form element defining a form with method and action attributes -->
  Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the name -->
  Address: <input type="text" name="address"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the address -->
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><br><!-- Submit button to submit the form data -->
<input type="submit" formaction="http://localhost/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/input-formation-admin-answer-demo.php" value="Submit as admin"><!-- Submit button to submit the form data to a different URL -->
</form><!-- Closing tag for the form -->
</body><!-- Closing tag for the document's body section -->
</html><!-- Closing tag for the root element of the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML code demonstrates how to specify the URL that will process the form data when it is submitted.
The form element is defined with method set to "POST" to specify how the form data should be submitted and action set to the URL where the form data should be sent.
Inside the form, there are input fields for entering the name and address.
There are two submit buttons:

The first submit button has the default action defined by the form's action attribute.
The second submit button overrides the default action by specifying a different URL using the formaction attribute.

Live Demo :

See the Pen input-formaction-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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