HTML Form Action

The action is an attribute of <form> element that specifies the url of the second web page. The second page receives the form-data from the first page after the submission of a form.

Syntax

This attribute specifies the URL of a web page as its value which receives the information of the form filled by the user.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
Example of HTML form action
</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
body{
font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color: pink;
}
.container {
padding: 50px;
background-color: lightblue;
}

input[type=text] {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 15px;
margin: 5px 0 22px 0;
display: inline-block;
 border: none;
 background: #f1f1f1;
}
input[type=text]:focus {
background-color: orange;
outline: none;
}
 div {
         padding: 10px 0;
            
}
.registerbtn {
  background-color: #4CAF50;
  color: white;
  padding: 16px 20px;
  margin: 8px 0;
  border: none;
  cursor: pointer;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 0.9;
}
.registerbtn:hover {
opacity: 1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<center>  <h1> Student Registeration Form</h1> </center>
<form action="jp.html" method="post">
<label> Firstname </label> 
<input type="text" name="firstname" placeholder= "Firstname" size="15" required /> 

<label> Lastname: </label>  
<input type="text" name="lastname" placeholder="Lastname" size="15"required /> 
<div>

<label> 
Gender :
</label><br>
<input type="radio" value="Male" name="gender" checked > Male 
<input type="radio" value="Female" name="gender"> Female 
<input type="radio" value="Other" name="gender"> Other

<div>
<label> 
Phone :
</label>
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="phone no." size="10" required> 
</div>
<button type="submit" class="registerbtn">Register</button>  
</form>
After click on the submit button, the values of form are sent to the jp.php page with the help of a server. If you want to learn the process of a server, then click on this url: https://www.javatpoint.com/php-form
</body>
</html>

Test it Now

This example sent the filled values to the jp.php page with the help of the server after clicking on a register button. If you want to learn the process of a server, then click on this url: https://www.javatpoint.com/php-form