Rails embed html tag inside an erb tag?

Question

I'm trying to do this:

<%= <h1>Products Purchased </h1> if  params[:status].nil? || params[:status] == Order.statuses[0]  %>

<%= "<h1>Products Sent </h1>" if  params[:status].nil? || params[:status] == Order.statuses[1]  %>

Thanks for any help.

possible duplicate of [Disable HTML escaping in erb templates](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4699497/disable-html-escaping-in-erb-templates) — Dan Grahn, Aug 21 '13 at 14:23

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '13 at 14:22

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You need to use .html_safe to output HTML tags from a ruby string:

<%= "<h1>Products Sent </h1>".html_safe if params[:status].nil? || params[:status] == Order.statuses[1]  %>

But you can do the following, more readable:

<% if params[:status].nil? || params[:status] == Order.statuses[1] %>
  <h1>Products Sent</h1>
<% end %>

answered Aug 21 '13 at 14:22

MrYoshiji

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How do you embed ruby in an html string for an tag? I'm trying to do this => video.poster %> – zero_cool Aug 13 '14 at 16:42
@Jackson_Sandland You can use string interpolation to execute ruby code inside a string: `"Hello #{user.name}!"` But in your case you should use the `link_to` helper like this: `link_to 'title of link', 'path_to_go', data: { galery: video_tag(user.video, type: 'video/mp4', poster: video.poster) }` – MrYoshiji Aug 13 '14 at 16:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '18 at 06:11

Here alternative is:

<h1>
  <%= 'Products Purchased' if cond1 %>
  <%= 'Products Sent'      if cond2 %>
</h1>

Or, you can use content_tag helper method for any HTML tag:

<%= content_tag(:h1, 'Products Purchased') if cond1 %>
<%= content_tag(:h1, 'Products Sent') if cond2 %>

Where, cond1 and cond2 are "params[:status].nil? || ..." as you specify

(I wonder what happens when both cond1 and cond2 are false, but I think it is out of this topic)

Rails embed html tag inside an erb tag?

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