HTML forms all start with the declaration <form> and end with </form>
You are asking specifically about methods. Forms have to call something, usually server-side code that makes something happen, sends an email, makes a calculation or does something. In your "manage album" form, your method is "post."Usually the method is either "get" or "post." The HTML specifications technically define the difference between "get" and "post" so that "get" means that form data is to be encoded (by a browser) into a URL while "post" means that the form data is to appear within a message body. But the specifications also give the usage recommendation that the "get" method should be used when the form processing has no lasting observable effect on the state of the world. Since a hacker may be able to screw around with the result of a "get," we typically use "post" unless we are trying to troubleshoot what is being sent.
In the form you are displaying above, it looks like the script is going into a database and calling data from that. I cannot see the entire form, but that is what I think is happing. And it is most probably going into a MySQL database on your server.
This is not being done on the form as much as it is being done by a php script.
If you can point to the actual web page, we can help you more.
1. Yea all that is true and your point exactly is right on the money when you talk about method, but there is this page that when I open it in the DW editor program on my computr the page in design view will not show the form in its GUI form. It only shows code in code view tab next to design view, the form works fine just that I dont want to make it sound like I don't need to see the form in design view but yes thats what I've been asking someone to explain why it doesnt show GUI fields and button in DW while the rest of the other pages coded in php that have forms too are editable.
2. What did the editor do to hide the form gui interface from design view? SO where is the form coming from in the web browser if its not visible in design view on Dreamweaver?
There is nothing in the snippet of code you provided which would make the form disappear from design view in Dreamweaver.
Either there is a coding mistake in the html which might be causing this or the css may be set to display: none; which is highly unlikely.
Could you paste the whole of the pages code here - html, php and css?
To see parsed data in PHP pages, you need a local testing server.
- WAMP for Windows
- XAMPP for Windows
- XAMPP for Mac
- MAMP for Mac
Setting up a PHP environment in Dreamweaver
- WAMP for Windows