Description
A function equivalent to the <cfdump> tag which can be used in <cfscript>.
Parameters
Same as <cfdump> tag.
Category
Other functions, Data output functions
Function syntax
WriteDump (var, output, format, abort, label, metainfo, top, show, hide, keys, expand, showUDFs);
See also
History
ColdFusion 11: Parameters passed to this function needs to be in a comma-separated format.
ColdFusion 9: Added this function.
Usage
You can call this function providing arguments as name-value pair or as positional arguments .For positional notations, the sequence must be followed exactly in the same manner as provided in the syntax. If you do not provide one of the parameters, use an empty string instead. This does not apply to Boolean values for which you must provide proper values even if you have to skip them.
Example 1
<cfscript>
myArr=listToArray("The,Quick,Brown,Fox,Jumps,Over,The,Lazy,Dog")
writeDump(var="#myArr#",format="text")
</cfscript>
Output
array
1) The
2) Quick
3) Brown
4) Fox
5) Jumps
6) Over
7) The
8) Lazy
9) Dog
Example 2
<cfscript>
myArr=listToArray("The,Quick,Brown,Fox,Jumps,Over,The,Lazy,Dog")
writeDump(var="#myArr#",output="browser",format="text",label="WriteDump example")
</cfscript>
Output
WriteDump example - array
1) The
2) Quick
3) Brown
4) Fox
5) Jumps
6) Over
7) The
8) Lazy
9) Dog
Example 3
<cfscript>
filename = "log.txt";
try {
result = FileOpen(expandpath(filename));
WriteDump(result);
}
catch(Expression exception) {
WriteOutput("<p>An Expression exception was thrown.</p>");
WriteOutput("<p>#exception.message#</p>");
WriteLog(type="Error", file="myapp.log", text="[exception.type] #exception.message#");
}
</cfscript>
Output
An Expression exception was thrown.
File or directory /shared/cffiddle/cffiddle/c85fa036-5a93-423a-b748-4f0852e91d64/b0faac60-e774-4e5c-aff0-ce794e966d29/log.txt does not exist.
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