cfsilent

Description

Suppresses output produced by CFML within a tag’s scope.

Category

Data output tags, Page processing tags

Syntax

<cfsilent> 
    ... 
</cfsilent> 

See also

cfcache, cfflush, cfheader, cfhtmlhead, cfinclude, cfsetting; Writing and Calling User-Defined Functions in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Usage

This tag requires an end tag.

Example

<h3>cfsilent</h3> 
 
<cfsilent> 
<cfset a = 100> 
<cfset b = 99> 
<cfset c = b-a> 
<cfoutput>Inside cfsilent block<br> 
b-a = #c#</cfoutput><br> 
</cfsilent> 
 
<p>Even information within cfoutput tags does not display within a  
cfsilent block.<br> 
<cfoutput> 
b-a = #c# 
</cfoutput> 
</p>