Guided Practice with HTML Form Validation, Part 2

Question 1

action attribute

Answer 1

• specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted
• On submit, send the form-data to a file named “/action_page.php” (to process the input):

First name: <br></br>
Last name: <br></br>

Question 2

JavaScript Form Validation

Answer 2

• HTML form validation can be done by JavaScript.
• If a form field (fname) is empty, this function alerts a message, and returns false, to prevent the form from being submitted:
  function validateForm() {
  var x = document.forms[“myForm”][“fname”].value;
  if (x == “”) {
  alert(“Name must be filled out”);
  return false;
  }
  }

Question 3

HTML Form example

Answer 3

Name: