Gavin

Recent Blog Comments By Gavin

• Trying To Get The Most Trustworthy IP Address For A User In ColdFusion

  Posted on Oct 18, 2022 at 4:34 PM

  Those headers, even cloudflare can be spoofed like you said- that is why validating the origin of the request matters. If it has a cloudflare ip then you check for that header… if not, it's a spoof and move on. The issue is how do you know what ips are in your list. James said he had a lis... read more »

• Considering Control Flow And Transient Data Relationships In ColdFusion

  Posted on Sep 27, 2022 at 5:16 PM

  Chris makes a good point about the helper method. Since I have been on a clean code / clean architecture kick lately, I have more opinions :P Sorry it's long. I usually think that any time you're applying business logic to an entity's internal structure outside of an entity, you have to wond... read more »

• From ColdFusion 10 To ColdFusion 2021 - Preparing For Some Blog Love

  Posted on Nov 2, 2021 at 9:37 AM

  Great summary Ben. Looking forward to the upgrading adventure :)... read more »

• Spreading Http And HttpParam Tags Across Multiple Function Calls In Lucee CFML 5.3.8.201

  Posted on Sep 28, 2021 at 10:47 AM

  You should check out HYPER - http calls with a real chainable builder setup, its so cool in CFML. https://www.forgebox.io/view/hyper... read more »

• The 14th Annual Regular Expression Day - June 1st 2021

  Posted on Jun 1, 2021 at 11:31 AM

  Since you have nothing planned, we can share some tools. I love this one. https://regexr.com/ Almost makes regex possible for me :D... read more »

• Lists - The Unsung Heroes Of ColdFusion And Lucee CFML

  Posted on Nov 24, 2020 at 10:59 AM

  I was wondering about a space in the first name. My wife is Sarah Bell, and we named all of the kids with 2 first names ( space ) and a middle name ( starting with S ) and their last name, which are not all the same, due to, history. Maybe this is our way of punishing our children in advanc... read more »