Today I had to write a script to process a form and send an email as part of the processing. The form allows the user to specify an email address to bcc, but it’s not required. I’m a big fan of using the Ternary Operator for doing either/or stuff like css classes. So I decided to extend that fandom to set the bcc attribute of the <cfmail> tag if the email specified in the form was valid.
Assumptions for this example:
- You have validated form.bccEmail as a valid email.
- You have a default mail server specified in Application.cfc or CFADMIN.
- You may see more utility in using the Ternary Operator for other conditional cases.
The “magic” is in the bcc attribute below:
Message Body here...