using form_tag inside a helper

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The proper usage of form_tag nowadays is:

<% form_tag do %>   blah blah blah <% end %>

Supposing I want to use form_tag inside a helper, e.g.

def search_form   form_tag do     ... ??? ...   end end

what would I put inside the block? In my other helpers, I build up a string and return it.

- donald

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Ball, Donald A Jr (Library) wrote:

The proper usage of form_tag nowadays is:

<% form_tag do %>   blah blah blah <% end %>

Supposing I want to use form_tag inside a helper, e.g.

def search_form   form_tag do     ... ??? ...   end end

what would I put inside the block? In my other helpers, I build up a string and return it.

- donald

I've been wondering this too! Nothing I've done seems to work. Only downside I've found to the new way.

- Chris

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Ball, Donald A Jr (Library) wrote:

The proper usage of form_tag nowadays is:

<% form_tag do %>   blah blah blah <% end %>

Supposing I want to use form_tag inside a helper, e.g.

def search_form   form_tag do     ... ??? ...   end end

what would I put inside the block? In my other helpers, I build up a string and return it.

- donald

I know this post is too old, but I haven't seen anyone answering this question, so here I go.

I found I could use a form_tag inside a helper method this way:

def search_form   form_tag do   (     text_field_tag( :name ) +     text_field_tag( :lastname )   ) end

I think there should be a cleaner way, but at least this works.

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That didn't quite work for me, but I have made it work using concat:

def search_form   form_tag do   concat (     text_field_tag( :name ) +     text_field_tag( :lastname )   ) end

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Tyler wrote:

That didn't quite work for me, but I have made it work using concat:

def search_form   form_tag do   concat (     text_field_tag( :name ) +     text_field_tag( :lastname )   ) end

You shouldn't need the concat. It's not actually doing anything.

Best,