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I'm just trying to understand the submit button within php.

I know that it performs that action stated within the form tag. So basically what I have is an form tag that only defines it's ID, i.e. no method attribute nor action. And within this form is a submit button. This input element only defines the type as submit, i.e. no name attribute nor id nor value.

Quickly describing the file: It has two input text elements which are required and a submit button. When i view this file in chrome, and i've clicked the submit button, a pop up shows below the required fields which i have not entered text in stating "required field".

I love this function however, it doesn't check for spaces, i.e. " ".

So back to my question, could someone possibly tell me what the submit button actually does or possibly what methods does it call when i click on it even though the form it is in has no action defined.