User Guide

Using the cfhttp Post Method 339
<cfoutput>
The URL variable is: #URL.myurl# <br>
The Cookie variable is: #Cookie.mycookie6# <br>
The CGI variable is: #CGI.mycgi#. <br>
The Formfield variable is: #Form.emailaddress#. <br>
The file was uploaded to #File.ServerDirectory#\#File.ServerFile#.
</cfoutput>
3 Replace C:\temp\Junk with an appropriate directory path on your hard drive.
4 Save the file as
server.cfm in myapps under your Web root directory.
5 View posttest.cfm in your browser and look for the file in C:\temp\Junk (or your
replacement path).
Reviewing the code
The following table describes the code and its function:
Code Description
<cffile destination="C:\temp\Junk"
nameconflict="Overwrite"
filefield="Form.myfile"
action="Upload"
attributes="Normal">
Write the transferred document to a file on
the server. Note that you send the file
using the
cfhttpparam type="File"
attribute, but the receiving page gets it as
a Form variable, not a File variable. This
cffile tag creates File variables, as
follows.
<cfoutput>
Output information. The results are not
displayed by this page. They are passed
back to the posting page in its
cfhttp.filecontent variable.
The URL variable is: #URL.myurl# <br>
Output the value of the URL variable sent
in the HTTP request.
The Cookie variable is:
#Cookie.mycookie# <br>
Output the value of the Cookie variable
sent in the HTTP request.
The CGI variable is: #CGI.mycgi# <br>
Output the value of the CGI variable sent
in the HTTP request.
The Form variable is:
#Form.emailaddress#. <br>
Output the Form variable sent in the HTTP
request. Note that you send the variable
using the
type="formField" attribute but
the receiving page gets it as a Form
variable.
The file was uploaded to
#File.ServerDirectory#\#File.
ServerFile#.
</cfoutput>
Output the results of the cffile tag on this
page. This time, the variables really are
File variables.