MVC - view variable? - model-view-controller

Question

Using an MVC pattern say I have a view and a controller:
Controller
User
View
User
login
logout
dashboard
The user controller has the following actions:
loginAction
logoutAction
dashboardAction
The login view has a simple login form, now my question:
Where should the form get its action url from?
Should this be hardcoded in the view such as:
<form action="/post.php" method="post">
It doesnt seem correct that the controller should tell the view, so where else could this go?

Answer 1

The controller tells the view everything it needs, and the view displays it. The view has no knowledge of the controller.
#using (Html.BeginForm("Login", "Account", FormMethod.Post, new { #class = "form-signin", ReturnUrl = ViewBag.ReturnUrl }))
{
#Html.AntiForgeryToken()
#Html.ValidationSummary(true)
<h2 class="form-signin-heading">Please sign in</h2>
<br />
#Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.UserName, new { #class = "input", type = "text", placeholder = "Username" })
<br />
#Html.PasswordFor(m => m.Password, new { #class = "input", type = "password", placeholder = "Password" });
<br /><br />
<button type="submit">Sign in</button>
}
In that login form, the link to the method on the controller is ("Login", "Account") where 'Login' is the method name and 'Account' is the controller name.