ColdFusion 10 Backport: ArraySlice & GetApplicationMetadata

Another two functions from ColdFusion 10 recreated for CF8+ (7 if you’re lucky).  Since it’s a Friday I’ve picked two easy ones: ArraySlice and GetApplicationMetadata.  If you haven’t spotted GetApplicationMetadata, you’ve probably only looked at the CF10 docs “New Functions in ColdFusion 10″, as it’s currently missing off that list but not Charlie Arehart’s massive list.

ColdFusion 10 Backport: CallStackGet & CallStackDump

Next up on the hit list of backported functions from ColdFusion 10 to at least CF8+: CallStackGet & CallStackDump. These functions are aimed at grabbing a ColdFusion stack trace based on where they’re used, for more detailed information take a quick look through the linked manual entries.

ColdFusion 10 backport: CSRF functions

This time, in my series of posts backporting features from ColdFusion 10 to older versions, I’m tackling CSRFGenerateToken() and its partner in crime CSRFVerifyToken().

ColdFusion 10 backport – SessionStartTime()

Another entry in my new CF10 Backport series, taking a new feature from ColdFusion 10 and showing that it’s possible in older versions.  This time the function is SessionStartTime() which can be pretty useful to know in certain applications.

ColdFusion 10 backport – SessionInvalidate()

With all my digging around while putting together CFTracker, I realised that a few new functions in the ColdFusion 10 Beta release are possible in older versions. In this example, it’s SessionInvalidate().