What is supported in CFScript

Tag equivalents in CFScript

Tag	CFScript equivalent
cfabort	abort
cfbreak	break. CFScript also has a continue statement that has no equivalent CFML tag.
cfcase	case
cfcatch	catch
cfcomponent	component
cfcontinue	continue
cfcookie	Direct assignment of Cookie scope memory-only variables. You cannot use direct assignment to set persistent cookies that are stored on the user system.
cfdefaultcase	default
cfdirectory Only for <Cfdirectory action=list/>	The directory functions DirectoryCreate, DirectoryDelete, DirectoryList, and DirectoryRename.
cfdump	writedump
cfelse	else
cfelseif	elseif
cfexit	exit
cffile	The file functions FileDelete, FileSeek, FileSkipBytes, and FileWriteLine.
cffinally	finally
cffunction	function
cfimage	The Image functions.
cfif	if
cfimport	import Import in cfscript is only equivalent of <cfimport path="">.
cfinclude	include
cfinterface	interface
cflocation	location
cflock	lock
cflog	writelog
cfloop	Indexed cfloop: for loops Conditional cfloop: while loops and do while loops Structure cfloop: for in loop. (There is no equivalent for queries, lists, or objects.)
cfobject	createobject, new
cfoutput	writeoutput
cfparam	param
cfprocessingdirective	pageencoding
cfproperty	property
cfrethrow	rethrow
cfreturn	return
cfsavecontent	savecontent
cfset	var{{var x =1; }} is equivalent of <cfset var x =1> Assignment statement x =1; is equivalent of <cfset x =1> local.x=1; is equivalent of <cfset var x =1>
cfswitch	switch
cfthread	thread
cfthrow	throw
cftrace	trace
cftransaction	transaction
cftry	try

Example

The following example loops through a query in CFScript:

... 
<cfscript> 
// Loop through the qGetEmails RecordSet 
for (x = 1; x <= qGetEmails.RecordCount; x=x+1) { 
This_id = qGetEmails.Emails_id[x]; 
This_Subject = qGetEmails.Subject[x]; 
This_RecFrom = qGetEmails.RecFrom[x]; 
This_SentTo = qGetEmails.SentTo[x]; 
This_dReceived = qGetEmails.dReceived[x]; 
This_Body = qGetEmails.Body[x]; 
... // More code goes here. 
} 
</cfscript>

Reserved words

In addition to the names of ColdFusion functions and words reserved by ColdFusion expressions (such as NOT, AND, IS, and so on), the following words are reserved in CFScript. Do not use these words as variables or identifiers in your scripting code:

break	do	import	var
case	else	in	while
catch	finally	interface
try	for	pageencoding
continue	function	return
default	if	switch

Script functions

For a list of script functions, see Script Functions added in ColdFusion 9.

What is supported in CFScript

Applies to

Tag equivalents in CFScript

Example

Script functions