Does cflocation call onRequest?

Question

I'm getting an error "transaction_types" is undefined, and having trouble understanding why.

I have application.cfc:

<cffunction name="onRequest" >  
    <cfargument name="targetPage" type="String" required=true/> 
    <cfinclude template="header.cfm"> 
</cffunction>

header.cfm file looks like this (header is called on every file and there is a different subheader depending on the directory the user is in):

<cfinclude template="#GetDirectoryFromPath(Arguments.targetPage)#subheader.cfm" />

The directory I'm having a problem with has two files, index.cfm and subheader.cfm

subheader.cfm, the first line

<cfset transaction_types = ["a", "b", "c"] /> 

part of index.cfm, and I think the issue might be the cflocation, but I'm not sure:

<cfif structKeyExists(url, "something") >
    -- some database work is done here --
    <cflocation url="index.cfm">
</cfif> 

--further down on this page, transaction_types is used 

I set the page up thinking transaction_types will be defined any time directory/index.cfm loads, since the application file always loads header.cfm and subsequently directory/subheader.cfm before directory/index.cfm. Does cflocation bypass this?

Answer 1

You are including code in OnRequest that is setting variables in variables scope of Application.cfc and then trying to reference in template later.

The variables scope of a cfc in general, including Application.cfc specifically though a special case, does not carry through to the templates that are called as part of the request.

If you need to set transaction_types during Application.cfc OnRequest, in included templates or not, and reference in index.cfm later, then it should be done in scope like request and then referenced later as such.

subheader.cfm

<cfset request.transaction_types = ["a", "b", "c"] />

Then refernece as request.transaction_types in index.cfm code.