Question

I am wondering how can i render in my header file a search model. Pretty much like an include in php, but with rails i want to render the new form into my header. I base my style of search on this video http://railscasts.com/episodes/111-advanced-search-form-revised but not to sure on how to render the code in to my header. Any help is appreciated

Answer 1

How about a partial?

Documentation

You can do something like this:

<%= render "shared/search", :locals => { :search_string => @search_string } %>

Which will render what is in the app/views/shared/_search.html.erb file.