Can you nest html forms?

Question

Is it possible to nest HTML forms like this

<form name="mainForm">

  <form name="subForm">

  </form>

</form>

so that both forms work? My friend is having problems with this, a part of the subForm works, while another part of it does not.

Answer 1

The second form can be ignored, look at the snippet from WebKit for example :

bool HTMLParser::formCreateErrorCheck(Token* t, RefPtr<Node>& result)

{

    // Only create a new form if we're not already inside one.

    // This is consistent with other browsers' behavior.

    if (!m_currentFormElement) {

        m_currentFormElement = new HTMLFormElement(formTag, m_document);

        result = m_currentFormElement;

        pCloserCreateErrorCheck(t, result);

    }

    return false;

}