Create "Save" button on the form

I have a question about HTML forms.
I want to create the form that will save user input into the form.
Thanks
Daniela

 

You will probably need php or some similar server side scripting language to save the user input to your server, but the button can be created like this:
<input type="submit" value="Save" />
Also do you want to save the data in a file on the server or into a database?

 

u can save in a cookie in php

<?php


setcookie("name","value")


?>

 

No just in the form. Also if I want to save it in database what do I need?

 

Well youll need a database first off, depending what your host provides or you have on your local server, once you have the database setup with tables and fields youll then have to write some server side stuff to get the info from the forms and write it to the database. There are many wanys to do this, what does your hosting support? PHP, ASP, mysql, mssql?

 

My server handle mySQL and PHP . Here is a dumb question. To work with database( creating and maintains the database, linking with the form…) using PHP , MySql even and ASP do I need to install some software at my computer or host is handling everything?
Thanks

 

No, you don't have to install anything to get it working, unless you want to test it out offline before you upload it to your server. For createing new databases and deleteing old ones your host probably has some software such as phpMyAdmin.