StructKeyExists problems 1

[jimmyshoes]

I am checking for the existence of somevar
The following code works fine

<cfif not isDefined('session.user.somevar')>

The problem is I want to use structKeyExists(..) but the user struct is not always defined, so if I try the followng then I sometimes get the error Element USER is undefined in SESSION.

 <cfif not structKeyExists(session.user,'somevar')>

This code is repeated a lot and I read the structKeyExists() is more efficient. How can I use it in this scenario?

 

[cfSearching]

the user struct is not always defined, so if I try the followng then I sometimes get the error Element USER is undefined in SESSION.

Then you need to verify both keys, starting with the top level element: session.user. Not tested, but something like this

<!--- if either session.user or session.user.somevar does not exist --->
<cfif NOT structKeyExists(session, 'user') or 
      NOT structKeyExists(session.user, 'somevar')>
...

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[jimmyshoes]

Thanks