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<cftrace>

Tag <CFTRACE>

Displays and logs debugging data about the state of an application at the time the cftrace tag executes.

Body

This tag may have a body.

Example

<cftrace
	[abort=boolean]
	[category=string]
	[follow=boolean]
	[inline=boolean]
	[text=string]
	[type=string]
	[var=string]>
[</cftrace>]

This tag is also supported within cfscript

<cfscript>
	trace
		[abort=boolean]
		[category=string]
		[follow=boolean]
		[inline=boolean]
		[text=string]
		[type=string]
		[var=string] {
			[...]
	}
</cfscript>

Attributes

The attributes for this tag are fixed. Except for the following attributes no other attributes are allowed.

Name	Type	Required	Description
abort	boolean	No	Calls cfabort tag when the tag is executed
category	string	No	User-defined string for identifying trace groups
follow	boolean	No	If true, Lucee follows the object defined in the [var] attribute and will log any changes to it. Ignored when attribute [var] is not defined.
inline	boolean	No	Displays trace code in line on the page in the location of the cftrace tag, addition to the debugging information output.
text	string	No	User-defined string, which can include simple variable, but not complex variables such as arrays. Outputs to cflog text attribute
type	string	No	Corresponds to the cflog type attribute; displays an appropriate icon. - Information - Warning - Error - Fatal
var	string	No	The name of a simple or complex variable to display. Useful for displaying a temporary value, or a value that does not display on any CFM page.