[quote]http://snipplr.com/view/2505/use-helpers-in-controllers-or-models[/quote]
his is an easy to use any helpers that rails provides in any other place besides views and view helpers
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his is an easy to use any helpers that rails provides in any other place besides views and view helpers
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# create a new file inside lib/ and call it helpers.rb
# paste the following:
def help
Helper.instance
end
class Helper
include Singleton
# look inside ActionView::Helpers to include any other helpers that you might need
include ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper
include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
end
# then in any model or controller:
require 'lib/helpers'
# to use:
# help.name_of_helper
# EX: help.pluralize 10, "person"