cfhttpparam

Description

Required for cfhttp POST operations, cfhttpparam is used to specify the parameters necessary to build a cfhttp POST.

Syntax


<cfhttpparam name = "name"

  type = "type"

  value = "transaction type"

  file = "filename">

Attributes

Attribute

Description

name
Required. A variable name for the data being passed.

type
Required. The transaction type. Valid entries are:

URL

FormField

Cookie

CGI

File

value
Optional for type = "File". Specifies the value of the URL, FormField, Cookie, File, or CGI variable being passed.

file
Required for type = "File".

Attribute	Description
name	Required. A variable name for the data being passed.
type	Required. The transaction type. Valid entries are: URL FormField Cookie CGI File
value	Optional for `type = "File"`. Specifies the value of the URL, FormField, Cookie, File, or CGI variable being passed.
file	Required for `type = "File"`.

Example

<!--- This example shows the use of cfhttpparam --->

<html>

<head>

<title>cfhttpparam Example</title>

</head>



<body bgcolor = silver>

<H3>cfhttpparam Example</H3>



<P>This view-only example shows the use of cfhttpparam 

to show the values of passed variables on another HTML

reference, accessed by cfhttp. The other file 

could simply output the value of form.formtest, 

url.url_test, cgi.cgi_test, and

cookie.cookie_test to prove that this page is working:



<H3>Sample Other File Listing</H3>

<cfoutput>#HTMLCodeFormat("

<html>

<head>

<title>Sample Page</title>

</head>

<body>

<H3>Output the passed variables</H3>

<cfoutput>

Form variable: ##form.form_test##

<br>URL variable: ##URL.url_test##

<br>Cookie variable: ##Cookie.cookie_test##

<br>CGI variable: ##CGI.cgi_test##

</cfoutput>

</body>

</html>

")#</cfoutput>



<H3>For cfhttpparam code, see right frame</H3>

<!--- <P>

<cfhttp method = "POST" url = "http://localhost/someotherfile.cfm">

<cfhttpparam name = "form_test" type = "FormField" 

 value = "This is a form variable">

<cfhttpparam name = "url_test" type = "URL" value = "This is a URL variable">

<cfhttpparam name = "cgi_test" type = "CGI" value = "This is a CGI variable">

<cfhttpparam name = "cookie_test" type = "Cookie" value = "This is a cookie">

</cfhttp>



<cfoutput>

    #cfhttp.fileContent#

</cfoutput> --->



</body>

</html>

cfhttpparam

Description

Category

Syntax

See also

Attributes

Example

CFML Reference
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