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mrtriangle
mrtriangle

Reputation: 544

Can't access Application Helper method in view

I have a method that checks for a boolean value on a table, and it returns false in my Users views (everywhere else it returns true). I am having trouble understanding why it is accessible, but returns false.

My code:

Application Controller:

protected

def current_user

  @current_user ||= User.find_by_id(session_user_id) if session_user_id
end

helper_method :current_user

def current_customer
  if current_user.customer and current_user.customer.master?
  else
    current_user.customer
  end
end

helper_method :current_customer

Application helper method:

def customer_helper?
   (current_user && current_user.customer.boolean_value?) 
end

the customer_helper? method returns false in all of my Users views, even though my UsersController inherits from ApplicationController.

Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1298

Answers (1)

bigtunacan
bigtunacan

Reputation: 4996

current_user is nil within the helper method. I assume you are accessing this in a view where current_user has been exposed to the view from the controller. The attributes exposed to the view must be passed into the helper methods; they are are not automatically made available there.

If my assumptions are correct then your helper method should look something like this.

def customer_helper?(current_user)
  (current_user && current_user.customer.boolean_value?) 
end

You will then need to update the call to customer_helper? in your view to pass in the current_user.

Upvotes: 1

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