Difference b/w a custom tag and cfinclude

ajithmanmu wrote:
> Hi,
> can anyone pls describe the difference between a cold fusion custom tag and
> cfinclude. Or how they are processed in the server? While we use the custom tag
> it nearly functions same as cfinclude....i can't think of any ...
>

<cfinclude...> does just that. It logically includes the code in the
current template to be parsed at that point and time. With
<cfinclude...> the code exists in the same scope is the entire template
sharing all variables.

A custom tag is a separate template with it's own local variables as
well as start and end states that can be used to create much more
sophisticated interactions. One thing that a custom tag can do that an
include can not do is reiteration, where a tag can dynamically call itself.

cfınclude is faster and really faster than any custom tag call. But you have some kind of isolation and reusability in custom tags.

Having custom variables scope within custom tags is also a nice feature.