Make utf8 enforcer param customizeable

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/controller_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/controller_helper.rb
index db59bca159..1a583e62ae 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/controller_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/controller_helper.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ module ActionView
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
index 5c1a4ae483..dcc96c0168 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_tag_helper.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ module ActionView
       include UrlHelper
       include TextHelper
 
+      # You can change what the name will be for the hidden tag that forces utf8
+      # encoding for forms generated with Rails form helpers.
+      #
+      #   ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper.utf8_enforcer_param = "_unicode"
+      mattr_accessor :utf8_enforcer_param
+      @@utf8_enforcer_param = "utf8"
+
       # Starts a form tag that points the action to an url configured with <tt>url_for_options</tt> just like
       # ActionController::Base#url_for. The method for the form defaults to POST.
       #
@@ -611,8 +618,8 @@ module ActionView
         end
 
         def extra_tags_for_form(html_options)
-          utf8_enforcer = tag(:input, :type => "hidden",
-                              :name => "utf8", :value => "&#x2713;".html_safe)
+          utf8_enforcer_tag = tag(:input, :type => "hidden",
+                              :name => utf8_enforcer_param, :value => "&#x2713;".html_safe)
 
           authenticity_token = html_options.delete("authenticity_token")
           method = html_options.delete("method").to_s
@@ -629,7 +636,7 @@ module ActionView
               tag(:input, :type => "hidden", :name => "_method", :value => method) + token_tag(authenticity_token)
           end
 
-          tags = utf8_enforcer << method_tag
+          tags = utf8_enforcer_tag << method_tag
           content_tag(:div, tags, :style => 'margin:0;padding:0;display:inline')
         end