Working with Form Arrays in ColdFusion?

Question

I have no idea how to handle this in ColdFusion 9, I have a form being submitted (POST) with element checkboxes, called items[].

When I do a

Answer 1

For ColdFusion 10+, if you use the sameformfieldsasarray setting in your Application.cfc like this:

component {
    this.name = "testingzone2c";
    this.sameformfieldsasarray=true;
}

You will get an actual array of form fields with the same name.

ColdFusion 10 Missing Feature - Form Fields and Arrays