Rails helpers return just strings. How would I have it return HTML?

Question

I am trying to return this in it's predictable HTML way :

'Page Total ' + @total_on_page + tag('br') + 'Total All Pages'.html_safe + @total

But instead it just parses the br/ as plain text. How do I return a working HTML version of br/ ?

Expected Output :

Page Total $123123
Total All Pages $12312312

Actual Output :

Page Total $8,296.42<br />Total All Pages$23,669.73

I wouldn't rely on instance variables in a helper, you should probably pass them in as arguments instead. — James
– James, Commented Mar 13, 2012 at 22:42

Veraticus · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13 22:38:35Z

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The .html_safe at the end is applying only to the last string, not the overall string. You want something more like this:

('Page Total ' + @total_on_page + tag('br') + 'Total All Pages' + @total).html_safe

answered Mar 13, 2012 at 22:38

Veraticus

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