# Controller.controller\_name for the controller name. But how

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-controller-name-for-the-controller-name-but-how/74707>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-controller-name-for-the-controller-name-but-how/74707 "2006-11-07T10:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gesen)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-controller-name-for-the-controller-name-but-how/74707/1 "2006-11-07T10:53:15Z")

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Hi everyone,

To display the current controller name in a view template you can write  
\<%= controller.controller\_name %\>.  
How do you write if you want to display the current ID parameter in a  
URL like this /pages/show/1?

Many thanks for any answer!

-G

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**Author:** ![Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gesen)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-controller-name-for-the-controller-name-but-how/74707/2 "2006-11-07T10:53:17Z")

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> To display the current controller name in a view template you can write  
> \<%= controller.controller\_name %\>.  
> How do you write if you want to display the current ID parameter in a  
> URL like this /pages/show/1?

\<%= params[:id] %\>

Assuming that’s what you called it in your route.

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**Author:** ![Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@Gesen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gesen)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 10:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/controller-controller-name-for-the-controller-name-but-how/74707/3 "2006-11-07T10:53:19Z")

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Ahh, that was easy, thanks!