Description
Appends text to the page-output stream. This function writes to the page-output stream regardless of conditions established by the cfsetting tag.
Category
Other functions, System functions, Data output functions
WriteOutput(string [,encodefor])
History
Introduced in ColdFusion 4.5
Parameters
Parameter |
Description |
|---|---|
string |
A string or a variable that contains one. |
encodefor |
This attribute's functionality is similar to the 'encodeFor' functions. The valid values are |
See also
- EncodeForHTML
- EncodeForHTMLAttribute
- EncodeForURL
- EncodeForJavaScript
- EncodeForCSS
- EncodeForXML
- EncodeForXMLAttribute
- EncodeForXPath
- EncodeForLDAP
- EncodeForDN
Usage
Within the cfquery and cfmail tags, this function does not output to the current page; it writes to the current SQL statement or mail text. Do not use WriteOutput within cfquery and cfmail. Although you can call this function anywhere within a page, it is most useful inside a cfscript block.
Examples
<cfscript>
// encodeFor=url
writeoutput("encoding for url: ");
writeoutput("lorem ipsum _*&%^$%&@","url");
</cfscript>
<cfscript>
// encodeFor=html
writeoutput("encoding for html: ");
writeoutput("lorem ipsum _*&%^$%&@","html");
</cfscript>
The example above produces the output:
encoding for html: lorem ipsum _*&%^$%&@
<cfscript>
// encodeFor=css
writeoutput("encoding for css: ");
writeoutput("lorem ipsum _*&%^$%&@","css");
</cfscript>
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