Form field named email

[TechDude]

Hi all, Has anyone noticed a problem with naming a field email in cf?
I have on several occasions used a form with a text field called email which has not been recognized correctly by cold fusion. It doesn't seem to be recognized.
currently, I'm doing a simple form mail script which loops through all fields submitted to it and writes them into an email. the field email doesn't get written in.
I'm wondering if this is a bug????

thanks,
Chris Sorel
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[GunJack]

Hey Chris,

I regularly use "email" as the name of a form field so I don't think it's a CF reserved word. I don't have a reserved word list handy for CF so I can't say for certain as there are a number of names that are illegal variable names such as "cgi", "application", etc.. that have special meanings to CF. I would change the name to something like "myEmail" and see if it does the same thing. If not, then I would say it's either a reserved word, bug, or possible conflict with something else in your script. If you want to post your code, I'll take a look and see if I see anything that might be causing the problem.

Good luck,
GJ

 

[Jami]

You could also try prefacing your variable name with the scope when you are referencing the email variable. For example, when passing the variable via a form, refer to it as "form.email".