Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I am developing a rails app that allows users to post, very similar to a forum. If a user types a link in, I want that link to become an element when it is printed to the page. For example, pretend this was a user post:
"I love this new website www.newwebsite.com!"
I want the above string to be printed to the page as:
I love this new website <a href="www.newwebsite.com">www.newwebsite.com</a>
Are there any rails helpers, gems, or built-in modules to accomplish this?
Check out rails_autolink for this. If you’re using a version of Rails prior to 3.1, this functionality is built-in and you don’t need the gem.