# Undefined local variable or method \`logger'

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-local-variable-or-method-logger/112918>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 24, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-local-variable-or-method-logger/112918 "2007-08-24T14:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-local-variable-or-method-logger/112918/1 "2007-08-24T14:01:44Z")

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I have a helper module /lib/foo\_helper.rb. It works fine but any calls  
to logger result in:

undefined local variable or method `logger’

how can I get access to the logger here? (it works from my model  
classes)

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**Author:** ![dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8dc957/32.png) [@dnstevenson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dnstevenson)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/undefined-local-variable-or-method-logger/112918/2 "2007-08-24T20:33:46Z")

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RAILS\_DEFAULT\_LOGGER.debug or whatever method you want to invoke.