GetEncoding

Description

Returns the encoding (character set) of the Form or URL scope.

Returns

String; the character encoding of the specified scope.

Function syntax

GetEncoding(scope_name)

History

ColdFusion MX: Added this function.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
scope_name	Form URL.

Usage

Use this function to determine the character encoding of the URL query string or the fields of a form that was submitted to the current page. The default encoding, if none has been explicitly set, is UTF-8.For more information, see www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets.

Example

<cfcontent type="text/html; charset=big5">
<form action='#cgi.script_name#' method='get'>
<input name='xxx' type='text'>
<input name='yyy' type='text'>
<input type="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>

<cfif IsDefined("URL.xxx")>
<cfscript>
SetEncoding("url", "big5");
WriteOutput("URL.XXX is " & URL.xxx & "<br>");
WriteOutput("URL.YYY is " & URL.yyy & "<br>");
theEncoding = GetEncoding("URL");
WriteOutput("The URL variables were decoded using '" & theEncoding & "' encoding.");

WriteOutput("The encoding is " & theEncoding);
</cfscript>
</cfif>