When creating a new user the data (name, email, password, etc) will be sent inside a hash. The "params[:user]" it's letting it know that it needs to create a new user from the parameters that come from the "user" hash.
On Jul 18, 10:48 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 July 2010 16:21, Abder-Rahman Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the following tutorial:http://asciicasts.com/episodes/160-authlogic > > > It has this in the controller: @user = User.new(params[:user]) > > > I get that we are creating here a new object of User class. But, what is > > the :user parameter here denoting to? > > Please see my comment on your other post that you work through the > Rails Guides. Then all will become clear (well less muddy anyway). > > Colin -- 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.
