August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
1140 pages
68h 45m
English
IsAuthenticated
IsAuthenticated([securitycontext])Returns true if the user has been authenticated
for the given securitycontext using
cfauthenticate. ColdFusion returns
true if the user has been authenticated or
false if they haven’t. If no
securitycontext is given, ColdFusion
returns true if the user has been authenticated
for any security context. The IsAuthenticated( )
function is commonly used within an Application.cfm
file. In order to use the IsAuthenticated(
) function, Advanced Security needs to be enabled within
the ColdFusion Administrator, and a valid security context must
already be defined. The following example uses
IsAuthenticated( ) to determine if a user is
authenticated for a security context called
Administrator:
<cfif not IsAuthenticated("Administrator")>
<cfauthenticate securitycontext="Administrator"
username="#Form.username#" password="#Form.password#">
</cfif>