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Tags and functions for controlling character encoding

The following tags and functions let you specify the character encoding of text that ColdFusion generates and interprets:

Tag or function

Attribute or parameter

Use

cfprocessingdirective

pageencoding

Specifies the encoding of a ColdFusion page so ColdFusion can parse it. For more information, see Determining the character encoding of a ColdFusion page.

cfcontent

type

Specifies the encoding in which to return the results to the client browser. For more information, see Determining the page encoding of server output.

cffile

charset

Specifies how to encode data written to a file, or the encoding of a file being read. For more information, see File data.

cfheader

charset

Specifies the character encoding in which to encode the HTTP header value.

cfhttp

charset

Specifies the character encoding of the HTTP request.

cfhttpparam

mimeType

Specifies the MIME media type of a file; can positionally include the file's character encoding.

cfmail

charset

Specifies the character encoding of the mail message, including the headers.

cfmailpart

charset

Specifies the character encoding of one part of a multipart mail message.

SetEncoding

charset

Specifies the character encoding of text in the Form or URL scope. Used when the character set of the input to a form, or the character set of a URL, is not in UTF-8 encoding.

GetEncoding

Returns the character encoding of text in the Form or URL scope.

ToBase64

encoding

Specifies the character encoding of the string being converted to Base 64.

ToString

encoding

Returns a string encoded in the specified character encoding.

URLDecode

charset

Specifies the character encoding of the URL being decoded.

URLEncodedFormat

charset

Specifies the character encoding to use for the URL.


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