PUT method form_for

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I am using the following to try and set a PUT method on the form but it is still doing a post. I have referred to the docs and it seems like im doing this right.

form_for @firm, html: {autocomplete: "off"}, url: firm_path, method: :put do |f|
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score 36 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '12 at 00:56

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It does this because browsers don't support PUT/DELETE very well. You can read more about this in the Rails Guides:

However, most browsers don’t support methods other than “GET” and “POST” when it comes to submitting forms.

Rails works around this issue by emulating other methods over POST with a hidden input named "_method", which is set to reflect the desired method.

answered Mar 04 '12 at 00:56

Andrew Marshall

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Yes but as within the API docs (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html) passing the :method hash on the form for should automagically add that additionally field. – Jason Waldrip Mar 04 '12 at 01:03
In fact the issue is that form_for is NOT adding the hidden field – Jason Waldrip Mar 04 '12 at 01:04
@JasonWaldrip Now *that* just doesn't make any sense at all—are you sure it's not there? – Andrew Marshall Mar 04 '12 at 01:13
@AndrewMarshall I reloaded the app and it appeared. Very strange! – Jason Waldrip Mar 05 '12 at 22:03
@JasonWaldrip Weird. Glad it's working though. (Perhaps you had modified your routes? Doing so requires restarting I believe.) – Andrew Marshall Mar 05 '12 at 22:11

PUT method form_for

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