A lot of my time is spent wondering why some forms will work, and some won't. Mostly its a case of uppercase/lowercase errors, Such as "Name" and "name". I wrote this as a 'cheat' and keep it in my 'examples' folder so that I can snippet parts (cut'n'paste) as when I need them in my forms.
By : kaelastreet
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<head> <title>Form Examples by Kaela Street</title> </head> <body>
<form name="form" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>" method="post"> Form Examples by Kaela Street<br> Enter some text or numbers: <input name="TextData" type="text" value=""><br>
Select one or more checkboxes: <input name="one" type="checkbox" value="Box one, ">One <input name="two" type="checkbox" value="Box two, ">two <input name="three" type="checkbox" value="Box three, ">three<br>
Select <b>one</b> of the radio buttons: <input name="radio" type="radio" value="Mum" >Mum <input name="radio" type="radio" value="Dad" > Dad <input name="radio" type="radio" value="Kitty Cat" > Kitty Cat <BR>
Replace the text in this box with your own text: <textarea name="boxy" rows=5 cols=20 wrap="off">Example Data </textarea><br>
Now select <b>one</b> of the drop down choices: <select size="1" name="Name"> <option value=""> </option> <option value="value1">Item1</option> <option value="value2">Item2</option> <option value="value3">Item3</option> <option value="value4">Item4</option> </select> <br>
Now select<b> some </b> of the drop down choices: <select name="data[]" size="10" multiple > <option value="London">London</option> <option value="Manchester">Manchester</option> <option value="Glasgow">Glasgow</option> <option value="Winchester">Winchester</option> <option value="Oxford">Oxford</option> </select>
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