Can't access session from helper?!

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Hi,

I'm receiving this pretty standard error message:

undefined local variable or method `session' for ApplicantHelper::Filter:Class

All my searches have returned results where the developer is trying to access the session from the model. In this case, it's just a helper class. Do I have to inherit from ActionController::Base and therefore make the helper a controller? Is there another way?

Thanks,

    Michael

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Michael Henry wrote:

Hi,

I'm receiving this pretty standard error message:

undefined local variable or method `session' for ApplicantHelper::Filter:Class

All my searches have returned results where the developer is trying to access the session from the model. In this case, it's just a helper class. Do I have to inherit from ActionController::Base and therefore make the helper a controller? Is there another way?

Pass it in as a parameter to the method.

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You should have access to everything in your controller from the helper. It looks as though you're trying to access session from a submodule of the helper which could be a problem.

Maybe you could try adding this to your controller:

helper ApplicantHelper::Filter