URL paramaters are usually passed as a hash, with that if a new key matches and existing key the new key/value pair will overwrite the existing key/value pair thus preventing duplicate entries.
Ben On May 26, 11:47 am, Jian Lin <[email protected]> wrote: > i think PHP doesn't have such simple functions yet... does Ruby have > it? > > if in PHP, when we add a param to the URL > > $redirectURL = $printPageURL . "?mode=1"; > > it works if $printPageURL is "http://www.somesite.com/print.php";, but if > $printPageURL is changed in the global file to > "http://www.somesite.com/print.php?newUser=1";, then the URL becomes > badly formed. If the project has 300 files and there are 30 files that > append param this way, we need to change all 30 files. > > the same if we append using "&mode=1" and $printPageURL changes from > "http://www.somesite.com/print.php?new=1"; to > "http://www.somesite.com/print.php";, then the URL is also badly formed. > > is there a library in Ruby/Rails that will automatically handle the "?" > and "&", and even checks that existing param exists already and removed > that one because it will be replaced by the later one and it is not good > if the URL keeps on growing longer? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
