Can we get request in application controller?

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Hi, I'm trying to use my application controller to define my website object (thus helping me find which template to use, etc).

I have this code in ApplicationController

sitename = request.host sitename = "www." + sitename unless sitename.split('.')[2] $website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )

but I get undefined local variable or method `request' for ApplicationController:Class

Any ideas?

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Hi, I'm trying to use my application controller to define my website object (thus helping me find which template to use, etc).

I have this code in ApplicationController

sitename = request.host sitename = "www." + sitename unless sitename.split('.')[2] $website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )

but I get undefined local variable or method `request' for ApplicationController:Class

Any ideas?

You have it directly in ApplicationController? That's probably not what you want.

You probably want this:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

   before_filter :determine_website

   private    def determine_website      sitename = request.host      sitename = "www." + sitename unless sitename.split('.')[2]      @website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )    end

end

Then you can reference @website in your actions and views.

-philip