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CacheGetEngineProperties

Last update:
May 18, 2026

Description

Returns the properties of the current caching engine used. In ColdFusion, you can use the following caching engines:
  • Ehcache (default cache engine)
  • JCS
  • Memcached
  • Redis
  • Custom cache plugin

Returns

A struct with a single attribute, name.

Category

Cache functions

Syntax

CacheGetEngineProperties()

See also

cfcache, CacheGet, CachePut, CacheGetAllIds, CacheGetProperties, CacheGetMetadata, CacheSetProperties

Example

<cfscript>
       WriteDump(CacheGetEngineProperties()); // Returns the properties of the cache engine
       WriteOutput("The caching engine currently used is: " & CacheGetEngineProperties().name); // Returns the name of the cache engine
</cfscript>

Output

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