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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile index 2de4d49cf2..a696e4f8ae 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/form_helpers.textile @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ form_for(@article) ## Editing an existing article # long-style: -form_for(@article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "put" }) +form_for(@article, :url => article_path(@article), :html => { :method => "patch" }) # short-style: form_for(@article) </ruby> @@ -320,14 +320,14 @@ form_for [:admin, :management, @article] For more information on Rails' routing system and the associated conventions, please see the "routing guide":routing.html. -h4. How do forms with PUT or DELETE methods work? +h4. How do forms with PATCH, PUT, or DELETE methods work? -The Rails framework encourages RESTful design of your applications, which means you'll be making a lot of "PUT" and "DELETE" requests (besides "GET" and "POST"). However, most browsers _don't support_ methods other than "GET" and "POST" when it comes to submitting forms. +The Rails framework encourages RESTful design of your applications, which means you'll be making a lot of "PATCH" and "DELETE" requests (besides "GET" and "POST"). However, most browsers _don't support_ methods other than "GET" and "POST" when it comes to submitting forms. Rails works around this issue by emulating other methods over POST with a hidden input named +"_method"+, which is set to reflect the desired method: <ruby> -form_tag(search_path, :method => "put") +form_tag(search_path, :method => "patch") </ruby> output: @@ -335,14 +335,14 @@ output: <html> <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/search" method="post"> <div style="margin:0;padding:0"> - <input name="_method" type="hidden" value="put" /> + <input name="_method" type="hidden" value="patch" /> <input name="utf8" type="hidden" value="✓" /> <input name="authenticity_token" type="hidden" value="f755bb0ed134b76c432144748a6d4b7a7ddf2b71" /> </div> ... </html> -When parsing POSTed data, Rails will take into account the special +_method+ parameter and acts as if the HTTP method was the one specified inside it ("PUT" in this example). +When parsing POSTed data, Rails will take into account the special +_method+ parameter and acts as if the HTTP method was the one specified inside it ("PATCH" in this example). h3. Making Select Boxes with Ease |