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Discouraged

The following tags/functions are discouraged to use

array

Lucee recommends to use the inline array notation.

cfapplication

Use Application.cfc instead of Application.cfm files. The Application component provides better organization and additional features. Note that if you are using Application.cfm it should contain a cfapplication tag.

cfcol

The use of tags that generate client side UI code is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftable/index.html

cfdiv

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfdiv/index.html

cfgrid

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfgrid/index.html

cfgridcolumn

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfgrid/index.html

cfgridrow

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfgrid/index.html

cfgridupdate

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfgrid/index.html

cflayout

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfpod/index.html

cflayoutarea

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfpod/index.html

cfmap

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfmap/index.html

cfmapitem

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfmap/index.html

cfmenu

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfmenu/index.html

cfmenuitem

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfmenu/index.html

cfpod

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfpod/index.html

cfprogressbar

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfprogressbar/index.html

cfselect

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfpod/index.html

cftable

The use of tags that generate client side UI code is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: http://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftable/index.html

cftooltip

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftooltip/index.html

cftree

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftree/index.html

cftreeitem

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cftree/index.html

cfusion_Decrypt

The use of this function is discouraged. It is an internal function, call decrypt(string,key,"cfmx_compat","hex") instead.

cfusion_Encrypt

The use of this function is discouraged. It is an internal function, call encrypt(string,key,"cfmx_compat","hex") instead.

cfwindow

The use of tags generating UI is generally discouraged by the CFML community. See: https://static.raymondcamden.com/cfuitherightway/cfwindow/index.html

evaluate

In almost all cases evaluate is unnecessary (use bracket notation instead). Use of evaluate can lead to performance and security issues.

iIf

Use the ternary operator CF 9+ instead because it does not evaluate. Example ternary operator: ( (condition) ? valueIfTrue : valueIfFalse )

lsParseEuroCurrency

Use LSParseCurrency instead

preserveSingleQuotes

The use of preserveSingleQuotes often (but not always) results in code that will be vulnerable to SQL Injection. Use the cfqueryparam tag instead, and you will not need to worry about single quotes.

setVariable

This function is no longer required in well-formed CFML pages

sizeOf

This function is in an early state. Do not use in production!

urlEncodedFormat

The continued use of this function is discouraged. It is recommended that you use EncodeForURL for all new applications.

urlSessionFormat

Putting session identifiers in the URL may lead to session hijacking.

xmlFormat

Adobe recommends using encodeForXML instead of xmlFormat.