# Zend_Form

`Zend_Form` simplifies form creation and handling in your web application. It performs the following tasks:

- Element input filtering and validation

- Element ordering

- Element and Form rendering, including escaping

- Element and form grouping

- Element and form-level configuration

`Zend_Form` makes use of several Zend Framework components to accomplish its goals, including `Zend_Config`, `Zend_Validate`, `Zend_Filter`, `Zend_Loader_PluginLoader`, and optionally `Zend_View`.