An html form is a convenient way to send data to a database hosted in a server.
A submit button is used to send the data in a form. The submit type of input adds a button to the form.
<pre><code class="lang-xml">&lt;form&gt;
&lt;label for="em"&gt;email:&lt;/label&gt;
&lt;input type="text" id="em"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;input type="submit"&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
</code></pre>
You can use the submit input to send the data in the form to a database hosted in a server.
The name attribute is used to reference the data after submitting the form.
<pre><code class="lang-xml">&lt;form&gt;
&lt;input type="text" name="email"&gt;
&lt;input type="text" name="city"&gt;
&lt;input type="submit"&gt;
&lt;/form&gt;
</code></pre>
The name attribute is used to put the input from the user in the correct field (column) in the database. 
The value attribute defines the value that is submitted when the input is selected.
<pre><code class="lang-xml">&lt;p&gt;Enter payment option&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;input type="radio" id="r1" 
 name="pay" value="cash"&gt;
 &lt;label for="r1"&gt;Cash&lt;/label&gt;
 &lt;input type="radio" id="r2" 
 name="pay" value="card"&gt;
 &lt;label for="r2"&gt;Card&lt;/label&gt;
</code></pre>
Names and values are needed to correctly store information in the database. The HTML code needs to include where and what to put in the database.

An html form is a convenient way to send data to a database hosted in a server.

A **submit** button is used to send the data in a form. The **submit** type of input adds a button to the form.

```xml
<form>
<label for="em">email:</label>
<input type="text" id="em"> 
<input type="submit">
</form>
```

You can use the **submit** input to send the data in the form to a database hosted in a server.

The **name** attribute is used to reference the data after submitting the form.

```xml
<form>
<input type="text" name="email">
<input type="text" name="city">
<input type="submit">
</form>
```

The name attribute is used to put the input from the user in the correct **field** (column) in the database. 

The **value** attribute defines the value that is submitted when the input is selected.

```xml
Enter payment option
 <input type="radio" id="r1" 
 name="pay" value="cash">
 <label for="r1">Cash</label>
 <input type="radio" id="r2" 
 name="pay" value="card">
 <label for="r2">Card</label>
```

Names and values are needed to correctly store information in the database. The HTML code needs to include **where** and **what** to put in the database.

Submitting forms