active_form

This gem is for Rails 3.x.x only!

Model

class ContactForm < ActiveForm
  attr_accessor :name, :institution, :email, :contact_number, :address, :purpose
  validates_presence_of :name, :email, :address, :purpose
  validates_length_of :email, :within => 6..100, :unless => Proc.new {|m| m.email.blank?}
end 

Controller

def show
  @contact_form = ContactForm.new
end

def send_contact_form
  @contact_form = ContactForm.new params[:contact_form]
    if @contact_form.valid?
        #...
    else
        render :action => "show"
    end
end

Form

<%= form_for @contact_form, :url => send_contact_form do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_messages %>
  <%= f.text_field :name %>
  <%= f.text_field :institution %>
  <%= f.text_field :email %>
  <%= f.text_field :contact_number %>
  <%= f.text_field :address %>
  <%= f.select :purpose, ["", "First", "Second"] %>
  <%= f.submit "Request" %>
<% end %>

Compatibility

• MRI Ruby 1.8.7
• MRI Ruby 1.9.2
• JRuby 1.6

How to contribute?

1. Fork on GitHub.
2. Make sure, that all specs are still passing (run bundle install && bundle exec rake spec).
3. Send Pull Request.

Copyright

This gem was changed by TnT Web Solutions 2012 to support i18n translation for attributes.

Original: Copyright ©2011 Christoph Schiessl. See LICENSE for details.