[undefined local variable or method `current_user' in controller] - ruby-on-rails

Question

I've been around for this problem for 1 hour and not figuring out why it doesn't work.
I don't use gem devise.
I have user model, post model, UsersController.rb, PostsController.rb and 1 helper like below
PostsController.rb :
class PostsController < ApplicationController
before_action :set_post, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /posts
# GET /posts.json
def index
#posts = Post.all
end
# GET /posts/1
# GET /posts/1.json
def show
end
# GET /posts/new
def new
#post = Post.new
end
# GET /posts/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /posts
# POST /posts.json
def create
#post = current_user.posts.build(post_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #post.save
format.html { redirect_to #post, notice: 'Post was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #post }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #post.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PATCH/PUT /posts/1
# PATCH/PUT /posts/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #post.update(post_params)
format.html { redirect_to #post, notice: 'Post was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #post }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #post.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /posts/1
# DELETE /posts/1.json
def destroy
#post.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to posts_url, notice: 'Post was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_post
#post = Post.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:caption, :user_id)
end
end
ApplicationHelper.rb
module ApplicationHelper
def current_user
session[:user_id] && User.find(session[:user_id])
end
end
The current_user helper method works fine for all the views.
As I understand, PostsController inherits from ApplicationController, so it takes all the helpers from ApplicationHelper. I still dont figure out why this doesn't work.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Try with adding this into ApplicationController.rb
helper_method :current_user

Answer 2


call helper methods in Rails 5 :
# sample :
module UsersHelper
def full_name(user)
user.first_name + user.last_name
end
end
class UsersController < ApplicationController
def update
#user = User.find params[:id]
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
notice = "#{helpers.full_name(#user) is successfully updated}"
redirect_to user_path(#user), notice: notice
else
render :edit
end
end
end
Before Rails 5 :
# sample :
module UsersHelper
def full_name(user)
user.first_name + user.last_name
end
end
class UsersController < ApplicationController
include UsersHelper
def update
#user = User.find params[:id]
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
redirect_to user_path(#user), notice: "#{full_name(#user) is successfully updated}"
else
render :edit
end
end
end