Sharing ruby code in view layout files

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

I have a block of code that is used by the layout file (html.erb) of every view. What is the best way to include this piece of code in all layout files?

Can I actually include a Ruby file in an html.erb file, analogous to how files are included in PHP?

Thanks, Amrita

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There is usually only one layout file. What are you trying to do? Views can share code by using helpers. You put them in application_helper.rb.

I have a block of code that is used by the layout file (html.erb) of

every view. What is the best way to include this piece of code in all

layout files?

Can I actually include a Ruby file in an html.erb file, analogous to

how files are included in PHP?

There is no need to do a “include”, helper methods in application_helper.rb are automatically made available to all the views.

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Hi,

I have a block of code that is used by the layout file (html.erb) of every view. What is the best way to include this piece of code in all layout files?

Can I actually include a Ruby file in an html.erb file, analogous to how files are included in PHP?

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Thanks! I gathered something was wrong with the way my application was built. So, I shifted to a single layout file and specified the layout in the application controller.

But its always good to know how code can be shared.

Thanks, Craig and Bala.