method property of the FORM tag. Specifies the method for sending data to the server from a get or post form. method = The "GET" method forces the browser to encode the information as a URL and send it to the server in that form. On the server, this value is assigned to a specific environment variable. This method limits the amount of data transferred (no more than a few hundred bytes). The "POST" method forces data to be transferred using standard I / O procedures. This method is preferred over the "GET" method.