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I have an instance with a description:

instance = Object.new
instance.description = '<a href=www.google.com >Google</a>'

Then in the view, I display it using

= sanitize(instance.description)

It displays the link correct but when I hover over the link and I look at the url it will redirect to 'www.my-web-app.com/www.google.com' (it prepends the domain of my app to the correct url), anyone knows what's causing this? please help me.

Thanks in advance

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '12 at 05:43

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You should add http:// to the URL:

instance.description = '<a href=http://www.google.com >Google</a>'

answered Feb 17 '12 at 05:43

Mischa

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i could do that but description will come from the app's user, and i have no control as what they will put in there, i guess i'll just have to look for all the '' in the text then make in ' – Cecille Manalang Feb 17 '12 at 05:56
You're welcome. Maybe this can help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7908598/add-https-to-url-if-its-not-there – Mischa Feb 17 '12 at 06:01
thanks. this looks promising as well, http://www.est1985.nl/design/2-design/96-linkify-urls-in-ruby-on-rails – Cecille Manalang Feb 17 '12 at 06:27

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 17 '12 at 07:13

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You href needs to have an http:// so,

instance.description = "<a href='http://google.com'>Google</a>"

The problem is with the HTML, it has nothing to do with rails.

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iltempo

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answered Feb 17 '12 at 05:44

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