Form a html_safe string in rails

Question

link_to "hi",content_tag(:p,"hello")

produces me "<a href=\"<p>hello</p>\">hi</a>" i don't want the escaped output. how to get a html_safe string?

You cannot/should not use html tags in the `href` attribute... — Veger, Feb 27 '13 at 09:03

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '13 at 09:02

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Correct syntax is link_to content, url so what you probably wanted to do is:

link_to content_tag(:p, "hello"), "some_url"

This will not be escaped. If what you need is indeed content_tag as url then you can add "html_safe" method at the end:

link_to "hi",content_tag(:p,"hello").html_safe

answered Feb 27 '13 at 09:02

Bernard Potocki

if you add html_safe at the end you get the same result – yednamus Feb 27 '13 at 09:03

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