I’ve been using ColdFusion for probably about 5 years now.  While I certainly do not consider myself an expert at it by any stretch of the imagination, I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of what CF can do and what some of the more standard features of it are.

Well, I did until today.  While browsing the docs, I came across the isValid() method.  I could have sworn that I’d used this in the past, but as I looked at its capabilities for validation, it was clear that I apparently missed that day in class.

So isValid() is super-sweet because you can use it to…well…validate whether or not some ColdFusion variable is of whatever type that you’re expecting it to be.  Like an email address.  Or a phone number.  Or a flippin’ component.  Or an integer…no, not just a numeric value, but a real INTEGER.  There’s a bunch more goodness, so be sure to check it out when you have a chance.

As for me, perhaps I need to spend some more time in the docs every day to figure out what other awesomeness I’ve been missing… 🙂

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