From fa497ebb0d4b1832ec6234f609bcd986850f9beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jnoortheen Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:59:59 +0530 Subject: fix: solves issue#27189 --- guides/source/getting_started.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'guides/source') 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

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-<%= form_for :article, url: article_path(@article), method: :patch do |f| %> +<%= form_for(@article) do |f| %> <% if @article.errors.any? %>
@@ -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). -- cgit v1.2.3