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cfstopwatch

Measures the time taken, in milliseconds, for the code between the start tag and end tag to execute.

Syntax

<cfstopwatch variable="time" label="timer"></cfstopwatch>

Script Syntax

cfstopwatch( variable="time" label="timer" ) {}

Attribute Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
variable	string	Yes		The name of the variable that will contain the value of the time taken.
label	string	No		The label for the stopwatch, used in debugging output.

Tag version

<cfstopwatch variable="stopwatchVar" label="Nap time">
Begin some long running process ...
<cfset sleep(2000)>
done.
</cfstopwatch><cfdump var="stopwatchVar">

Expected Result: The time elapsed while executing the code inside the block is returned as a variable then displayed below.

Script version

cfstopwatch( variable="stopwatchVar", label = "Nap time" ){
writeoutput("Begin some long running process ... ");
sleep(2000);
}
writeDump( stopwatchVar );

Expected Result: The time elapsed while executing the code inside the block is returned as a variable then displayed below.

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