Radio_button_tag - examining the selected value

Rails
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Hi All

I have four radio buttons created like this

    <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 1, false %> a <br/>
    <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 2, false %> b <br/>
    <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 3, false %> c <br/>
    <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 4, false %> d <br/>

And then I have a link_to tag to invoke a controller function

    <%= link_to 'Next', :action => :conduct %>

The issue is I want to pass the selected radio button value to this
function. Does anyone know how can I get the selected value?

Thanks for the help

  • AJ
2

On 2008-08-21 04:49, Abhishek J. wrote:

The issue is I want to pass the selected radio button value to this
function. Does anyone know how can I get the selected value?

params[:answers]

–
Greg D.
http://destiney.com/

3

greg is right, however, you need to put the radio buttons in a form
like such:

<% form_tag ‘url/of/controller/function’ do %>

<%= radio_button_tag :answers, 1, false %> a <br/>
<%= radio_button_tag :answers, 2, false %> b <br/>
<%= radio_button_tag :answers, 3, false %> c <br/>
<%= radio_button_tag :answers, 4, false %> d <br/>

<% end %>

then, in your controller, you can access the value selected via
params[:answers]

On Aug 21, 3:49 am, Abhishek J. [email protected]

4

forgot one important thing. your link_to is only a link, it will NOT
populate params and will NOT care about your radio buttons.

the link you need for this is a submit button in your form:

<% form_tag :action => ‘conduct’ do %>

 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 1, false %> a <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 2, false %> b <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 3, false %> c <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 4, false %> d <br/>

 <%= submit_tag 'Next' %>    # !!!!! IMPORTANT

<% end %>

5

“Wolas!” wrote:

forgot one important thing. your link_to is only a link, it will NOT
populate params and will NOT care about your radio buttons.

the link you need for this is a submit button in your form:

<% form_tag :action => ‘conduct’ do %>

 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 1, false %> a <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 2, false %> b <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 3, false %> c <br/>
 <%= radio_button_tag :answers, 4, false %> d <br/>

 <%= submit_tag 'Next' %>    # !!!!! IMPORTANT

<% end %>

Thanks for the help guys, I will try that out

  • AJ