CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
If you're having display issues on a page, call this function to remove the doctype from your request. This solves the display problems with using cfdump in CFMX under an XHTML doctype. You can modify this code to, for example, change a strict doctype to a transitional one.

Return Values:
Returns nothing.

Example:

<cfset deleteDoctype()>

Parameters:

No arguments.

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Deletes the doctype out of the current page request.
 * 
 * @return Returns nothing. 
 * @author Nathan Strutz (mrnate@hotmail.com) 
 * @version 1, July 11, 2005 
 */
function deleteDoctype() {
    var str = getPageContext().getOut().getString();
    str = reReplace(str,"<!DOCTYPE[^>]*>","","ONE");
    getPageContext().popBody().clearBuffer();
    writeOutput(str);
}