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## HTML Forms
Basically, forms are used to collect data entered by a user, which are then sent to the server for further processing. They can be used for different kinds of user inputs, such as name, email, etc.
Forms are used to collect data entered by a user, which are then sent to the server for further processing. They are utilized for different kinds of user inputs such as name, email, etc.
Form contains control elements which are wrapped around ```<form></form>``` tags, like ```input```, which can have types like:
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MORE INFORMATION ON HTML FORMS.
HTML Forms are required when you want to collect some data from the site visitor. For example, during user registration you would like to collect information such as name, email address, credit card, etc.
HTML Forms are required when you want to collect data from the site visitor. For example, during user registration you would like to collect information such as name, email address, credit card, etc.
A form will take input from the site visitor and then will post it to a back-end application such as CGI, ASP Script or PHP script etc. The back-end application will perform required processing on the passed data based on defined business logic inside the application.
There are various form elements available like text fields, textarea fields, drop-down menus, radio buttons, checkboxes, etc.
The HTML `<form>` tag is used to create an HTML form and it has the following syntax −