Hi all,
How do i get the server url? Much like the PHP function $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]
Regards, Stijn
You can get it your controller through
request.request_uri
or in your view through
controller.request.request_uri
All the CGI-style variables are available through request.env as well, so this works:
request.env['REQUEST_URI']
But I wonder why you want it? You normally work with the Rails routing system and don't deal with the details of the request URI. What are you trying to accomplish?
Many thanks for the fast reply.
The request.env['REQUEST_URI'] only returns the path eg: http://localhost:3000/user I get /user . Iactually want http://localhost:3000/ I can do this via request.protocol()+request.request_uri() but I wonder if there is a single method that can do this.
I need this for mail sending. I'm creating a user activation system that wan run on multiple domains. When I send out a mail the user has to click alink to activate it. Ofcourse this link is dependant on the domain the site is hosted on.
Regards, Stijn
Use url_for with :only_path set to false to generate full url's
activate_link = url_for({:only_path => false}, :controller => 'account', :action => 'activate', :id => @user)
Or, if you have a named route for activation, these generate full url's by default:
activate_link = activate_url(:id => @user)