i am using link_to to make links. it is gnerating urls relative to the
path of the page. how do i make absolute urls. i tried using only_path
but it does nto seem to work.
do i need to use url_for?
thanks
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 5:21 AM, tashfeen.ekram
[email protected] wrote:
i am using link_to to make links. it is gnerating urls relative to the
path of the page. how do i make absolute urls. i tried using only_path
but it does nto seem to work.
When you are e.g. in
http://www.mysite.com/test/sub/hello
(controller: ‘test/sub’ ; action: ‘hello’)
and want to link to:
(controller: ‘home’ ; action: ‘index’)
One way to do it is to use:
link_to ‘home’, ‘/home’
this results in:
Home (which is relative to root (‘/’))
using:
link_to ‘home’, ‘home’
results in:
Home
(which the browser translates into http://www/mysite.com/test/sub/home
and is not what I wanted)
If you want to use it with a reference to the /home controller, use:
link_to ‘Home’, :controller => ‘/home’
From the api.rubyonrails.org documentation for url_for :
++++
If the controller name begins with a slash no defaults are used:
url_for :controller => ‘/home’
In particular, a leading slash ensures no namespace is assumed. Thus,
while url_for :controller => ‘users‘ may resolve to
Admin::UsersController if the current controller lives under that
module, url_for :controller => ’/users‘ ensures you link to
::UsersController no matter what.
++++
HTH,
Peter
On Mar 1, 5:21 am, “tashfeen.ekram” [email protected] wrote:
i am using link_to to make links. it is gnerating urls relative to the
path of the page. how do i make absolute urls. i tried using only_path
but it does nto seem to work.
A few ways that work for me are:
link_to ‘Home’, ‘/home’ # => Home
link_to ‘Home’, ‘http://www.mysite.com/home’ # => Home
link_to ‘Home’, :controller => ‘/home’ # note the ‘/’ in front of
home Home
do i need to use url_for?
link_to already uses url_for if I understand well.
only_path is used to make URL’s relative to the root (first ‘/’) of
this URL.
Is useful when behind a proxy (e.g. an SSL proxy).
Much more info can be found on http://api.rubyonrails.org searching
the method:
url_for (ActionController::Base)
HTH,
Peter