Module | ActionController::Flash |
In: |
lib/action_controller/flash.rb
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The flash provides a way to pass temporary objects between actions. Anything you place in the flash will be exposed to the very next action and then cleared out. This is a great way of doing notices and alerts, such as a create action that sets flash[:notice] = "Successfully created" before redirecting to a display action that can then expose the flash to its template. Actually, that exposure is automatically done. Example:
class WeblogController < ActionController::Base def create # save post flash[:notice] = "Successfully created post" redirect_to :action => "display", :params => { :id => post.id } end def display # doesn't need to assign the flash notice to the template, that's done automatically end end display.erb <% if flash[:notice] %><div class="notice"><%= flash[:notice] %></div><% end %>
This example just places a string in the flash, but you can put any object in there. And of course, you can put as many as you like at a time too. Just remember: They‘ll be gone by the time the next action has been performed.
See docs on the FlashHash class for more details about the flash.