Question

I have created a helper method for generating a li content tag with a link

def method1(attribute,path,classname={},id={})
  content_tag(:li, link_to(attribute, path,:class => classname),:id => id)
end

I am calling the helper method like

<%= method1("BLOGS",blogs_path,"","blog1")%>

In the above case I gave an empty string for class as there is no need for class here, but other places need that.

But if I use an empty string for class , then "blog1" becomes the class ..

How can I resolve this?

I am working on rails 2.3.11

Answer 1

Look into options hashes. This is used just about everywhere in Rails and is perfect for handling clunky method invocations like that.