Partial locals are not being passed

Question

I'm trying to pass some locals into a partial render in rails, however they are not getting passed.

<%=render :partial => "search_results", :locals => {:refinement => "all", :query => params[:search]}%>

The partial is being rendered in a view that has the param[:search] in it, that params[:search] is accessable inside of the partial without it being passed in as a local.

I'm trying to access the locals refinement and query by doing params[:refinement] and params[:query] inside of the partial, however they are not being recognized.

Answer 1

Access them as locals[:refinement] or locals[:query] inside your partial. That should work.

Answer 2

You don't access them via params - you just access the local variable, eg. refinement or query.