Comments on: Converting multiple GET/POST variables of same name to arrays http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brian http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52814 brian Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:50:29 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52814 @Brian - cheers for that, formutils is more than I wanted to accomplish in this short exercise but it could be quite valuable otherwise. This might have saved my javascript guy from having to encode arrays and objects as JSON to send over to the server. I'm starting to feel like there is enough open source or shared coldfusion projects and software out there that it's hard to conclusively search for something before reinventing the wheel. Rinaldi's list, RIAForge and others are helping but the growth of the CF community also creates X many more places to look before you leap. @Brian – cheers for that, formutils is more than I wanted to accomplish in this short exercise but it could be quite valuable otherwise. This might have saved my javascript guy from having to encode arrays and objects as JSON to send over to the server.

I’m starting to feel like there is enough open source or shared coldfusion projects and software out there that it’s hard to conclusively search for something before reinventing the wheel. Rinaldi’s list, RIAForge and others are helping but the growth of the CF community also creates X many more places to look before you leap.

]]> By: Brian Kotek http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52793 Brian Kotek Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:08:09 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52793 I wrote a CFC a while back that converts any arbitrarily nested form fields that use structure or array syntax into actual structures and arrays on the CF side. It goes a lot deeper than just turning the fields into a 1D array, you might have a look at it: http://formutils.riaforge.org/ I wrote a CFC a while back that converts any arbitrarily nested form fields that use structure or array syntax into actual structures and arrays on the CF side. It goes a lot deeper than just turning the fields into a 1D array, you might have a look at it: http://formutils.riaforge.org/

]]> By: brian http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52606 brian Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52606 @Barney: I knew there must be a way to get to the request object but I didn't have the patience to track it down and I'm not very familiar with the page context object. You are the man, that is the best way possible! @Barney: I knew there must be a way to get to the request object but I didn’t have the patience to track it down and I’m not very familiar with the page context object. You are the man, that is the best way possible!

]]> By: Barney http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52605 Barney Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52605 How about just using getPageContext().getRequest().getParameterValues("id"). Save you a bunch of manual string parsing. How about just using getPageContext().getRequest().getParameterValues(“id”). Save you a bunch of manual string parsing.

]]> By: brian http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52582 brian Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:20:32 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52582 @Stephen - that will work if every variable has a non-empty value AND there are no commas in the values. ColdFusion will remove blank values when processing lists and I believe (although I haven't tested) that if one of your values has a comma in it, you would wind up with more array entries than actual variables. That isn't a problem if you're passing discrete integers for example but is an issue if you're passing free-form text entry which could legitimately contain commas. I should have pointed this out in my posting - thanks for the comment! @Stephen – that will work if every variable has a non-empty value AND there are no commas in the values. ColdFusion will remove blank values when processing lists and I believe (although I haven’t tested) that if one of your values has a comma in it, you would wind up with more array entries than actual variables.

That isn’t a problem if you’re passing discrete integers for example but is an issue if you’re passing free-form text entry which could legitimately contain commas.

I should have pointed this out in my posting – thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Stephen Judd http://www.ghidinelli.com/2008/12/01/converting-multiple-getpost-variables-of-same-name-to-arrays/comment-page-1#comment-52579 Stephen Judd Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:45:31 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/?p=378#comment-52579 In my experience, url.id or form.id will end up being a list of the values sent with the request. Why not just use ListToArray(url.id) or ListToArray(form.id)? Or am I missing something obvious? In my experience, url.id or form.id will end up being a list of the values sent with the request. Why not just use ListToArray(url.id) or ListToArray(form.id)? Or am I missing something obvious?

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