{"id":57,"date":"2010-05-04T10:07:41","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erics-test-lab.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2010-05-04T10:07:41","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T14:07:41","slug":"dumping-form-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/v2010\/2010\/05\/dumping-form-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"dumping form variables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occasionally I need to see the form variables passed from the form to the next page. There are a couple of ways to do it depending on your needs.<\/p>\n

CFDump is probably the easiest and outputs the results to a table
\ncfdump var=\"#Form#\"> <\/code><\/p>\n

But I tend to use this one more. I can put cfif statements inside the loop and control which variables are seen or I can apply data formats (dates, currency, case,etc) based on the fieldname.
\n<cfoutput>
\n\t<table>
\n\t<CFLOOP index=\"x\" list=\"#FORM.FIELDNAMES#\">
\n \t<tr><td>#x#<\/td><td>#FORM[x]#<\/td><\/tr>
\n\t<\/CFLOOP>
\n\t<\/table>
\n\t<\/cfoutput><\/code> <\/p>\n

Note: both will show hidden elements from the form as well as a list of the fieldnames. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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