Was just reading the ACF2021 deprecated list and noticed `Ge

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Was just reading the ACF2021 deprecated list and noticed `GetTemplatePath` in there which currently in ColdBox expect it works just fine but just flagging in case it s useful slightly smiling face `

aliaspooryorik · Answer

bdw429s · Answer

Wow that s interesting I wonder why they would deprecate that function I m not aware of any replacement that does the same thing and it s very important to allow a framework to detect what folder it s executing in

bdw429s · Answer

< Mark Takata Adobe > Is there an explanation for this one

aliaspooryorik · Answer

I don t think I ve ever used `getTemplatePath` can you use `getBaseTemplatePath` instead

aliaspooryorik · Answer

or `getcurrenttemplatepath`

bdw429s · Answer

Man the descriptions for these suck on cfdocs lol

bdw429s · Answer

I can t tell the difference between any of them

bdw429s · Answer

gt Gets the absolute server file system path of the requested CFML file gt Returns the filepath of the base template in this request gt Gets the absolute server file system path of the file that calls this function

bdw429s · Answer

It s like it s saying the same thing 3 times using different words

aliaspooryorik · Answer

slightly smiling face Off the top of my head `getBaseTemplatePath` is the path to the Application cfc `getcurrenttemplatepath` is the current script path where the function is called from

bdw429s · Answer

Then it sounds like maybe the current one is the one we need to switch to I ll be honest I don t use these often and I didn t even realize there was three versions of it lol