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Asked: 2026-05-13T18:32:25+00:00

<form runat=server id=outer > <form name=inner1 method=POST action=http://www.somesite.com/page.php > <input type=text size=7 name=o id=origin

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<form runat="server" id="outer" >

  <form name="inner1" method="POST" action="http://www.somesite.com/page.php" >
    <input type="text" size="7" name="o" id="origin" value="london" ></input>
    <input type="submit" name="getDirectionsBtn" id="btnSubmit" value="Submit" />
    <input type="hidden" name="oo" value="p" />
  </form>

  <form name="inner2" method="POST" action="http://www.somesite.com/page.php" >
    <input type="text" size="7" name="o" id="origin" value="london" ></input>
    <input type="submit" name="getDirectionsBtn" id="btnSubmit" value="Submit" />
    <input type="hidden" name="oo" value="p" />
  </form>

  <form name="inner3" method="POST" action="http://www.somesite.com/page.php" >
    <input type="text" size="7" name="o" id="origin" value="london" ></input>
    <input type="submit" name="getDirectionsBtn" id="btnSubmit" value="Submit" />
    <input type="hidden" name="oo" value="p" />
  </form>
</form>

Second+ inner form work just fine but first one does nothing. No broken tags as far as I can see.

I require nested forms as they are POST to an external site and open in a blank window.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The HTML specification does not allow nested forms.

    You might well find that the opening tag of the first inner form is being ignored (depending on browser and standards mode), then your main <form> is being closed by the first inner forms closing tag, and then the subsequent forms are working “as expected”.

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