Cannot access helper method?

Question

Here is a strange issue.

In my application helper, there is a method named test, and an other method named article_url. I have the article resource, and generate its url_helpers. In the test method, i call article_url, but it access the url_helper method instead of the method i defined in helper.

My project runs well in Rails 3.0, but when i upgrade to 3.2, it raise the issue. And under 3.2, development mode runs well but production raise issue.

Please forgive my poor english :-)

Sorry, code like this:

# application_helper.rb
module ApplicationHelper

  ...

  def article_url(article, html_suffix = true)
    if article.redirect_to.present?
      article.redirect_to
    else
      url = "#{Settings.host}/articles/#{article.created_at.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")}/#{article.id}"
      url += ".html" if html_suffix
      url
    end
  end

  ...

  def render_article_list(article)
    link_to(xxx, article_url(article), {:target => "_blank"})
  end

end

It is a wild guess. Please try adding the code "include ApplicationHelper" into ApplicationController and then test it. — Bachan Smruty, Jul 25 '13 at 07:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '13 at 08:17

Rename your helper method. If you have a helper named article_url and a resource named article then article_url will be ambiguous between the routes and the helper. If you don't think this is the issue, post some code to help us narrow down the problem.

Cannot access helper method?

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