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author | jnoortheen <jnoortheen@gmail.com> | 2016-11-27 22:59:59 +0530 |
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committer | jnoortheen <jnoortheen@gmail.com> | 2016-11-27 22:59:59 +0530 |
commit | fa497ebb0d4b1832ec6234f609bcd986850f9beb (patch) | |
tree | 5914aedb1ff4c402638788061eaefa8f44e1bb73 /guides/source | |
parent | 143fc87cbfee7eb281937be1b404ad18e09dc301 (diff) | |
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fix: solves issue#27189
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.md b/guides/source/getting_started.md index c04d42d743..6ec5106bb3 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.md +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.md @@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ it look as follows: ```html+erb <h1>Edit article</h1> -<%= form_for :article, url: article_path(@article), method: :patch do |f| %> +<%= form_for(@article) do |f| %> <% if @article.errors.any? %> <div id="error_explanation"> @@ -1195,14 +1195,15 @@ it look as follows: This time we point the form to the `update` action, which is not defined yet but will be very soon. -The `method: :patch` option tells Rails that we want this form to be submitted +Passing the article object to the method, will automagically create url for submitting the edited article form. +This option tells Rails that we want this form to be submitted via the `PATCH` HTTP method which is the HTTP method you're expected to use to **update** resources according to the REST protocol. The first parameter of `form_for` can be an object, say, `@article` which would cause the helper to fill in the form with the fields of the object. Passing in a symbol (`:article`) with the same name as the instance variable (`@article`) -also automagically leads to the same behavior. This is what is happening here. +also automagically leads to the same behavior. More details can be found in [form_for documentation] (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#method-i-form_for). |