How to create an array in ColdFusion

Question

Can anyone tell me how to convert this line of PHP to ColdFusion?

$dev_name = "xxx";
$cert_name = "yyy";
$url = "https://xxxx.com/";
$headers = array("X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME: " . $dev_name 
                  , "X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME: " . $cert_name);

Which is an array. I have tried this but it fails.

<cfset dev_name="xxx">
<cfset cert_name ="yyy">
<cfset headers = {X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME:"#dev_name#"
                    , X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME:"#cert_name#"}>

<cfdump var="#headers#">

</cfdump>

Answer 1

You need to quote the key names also same as you did in the PHP version.

The issue that you are hitting is that your key names contain a "minus" character. To workaround this issue you need to quote your keyname.

Also in your sample CFML code you will end up creating a struct, it looks to me what you want is an array of structs.

So something like this should get you what you want:

<cfset headers = [ {"X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME":"#dev_name#"}
                   , {"X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME":"#cert_name#"} ]>

or if you just want an array of strings:

<cfset headers = [ "X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME:" & dev_name
                   ,"X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME:" & cert_name ]>

Note: the square brackets which indicate that you want an array and the curly braces indicate you want a struct. It's very similar to JSON notation.

If you are on an old version of coldfusion you would need to do something like this:

For a array of structs:

<cfset headers = arrayNew(1)>
<cfset headers[1] = structNew()>
<cfset headers[1]["X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME"] = dev_name>
<cfset headers[2] = structNew()>
<cfset headers[2]["X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME"] = cert_name>

OR

For a array of strings:

<cfset headers = arrayNew(1)>
<cfset headers[1] = "X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME:" & dev_name>
<cfset headers[2] = "X-BONANZLE-API-CERT-NAME:" & cert_name>