rails custom helpers

rubyonrails-talk
1

I made a helper module and put it in the helper directory but when I try and access any methods it says it does not recognize them. Ideas? Rails 2.3.5

Helper:

module XmlTestDataHelper   def update_xml_data

   end

end

Controller:

update_xml_data

undefined local variable or method `update_xml_data'

2

Are you requiring the file and including the module somewhere?

3

No, are not all of the helpers included all the time? I have 'helper :all' in the application controller.

4

helper: all just makes all the helpers available to your views, but not to controller or model classes. This is because helpers are really meant for views only. You can mix a helper in by including the helper, but it really isn't a good practice. Better to create a separate module or mixin and not have it be a helper.

Sheldon Finlay

5

okie dokie.