#6500 url_for does not automatically :only_path => false when :host is set - Ruby on Rails

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#6500 ✓invalid

url_for does not automatically :only_path => false when :host is set

Reported by Evan Light | March 2nd, 2011 @ 12:18 AM

Docs claim otherwise.

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Evan Light March 2nd, 2011 @ 12:32 AM
Specifically, docs for url_for claim :only_path defaults to false. However, setting :host without explicitly specifying :only_path => false results in a relative url.

That is:
```
url_for foo, :host => "bla.com"
```
... provides a relative path but ...
```
url_for foo, :host => "bla.com", :only_path => false
```
... provides an absolute path.
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Evan Light March 2nd, 2011 @ 12:40 AM
Er... replace "foo" with a controller and action. ;-)
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Evan Light March 2nd, 2011 @ 12:47 AM
More specifically, this only happens when using a named route helper. Using url_for directly works fine.
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Evan Light March 2nd, 2011 @ 01:17 AM
Please close this. Not a bug. Perhaps the documentation could use an update to remind people that url defaults to :only_path => false and path defaults to :only_path => true.
Andrew White March 3rd, 2011 @ 05:58 PM
- State changed from “new” to “invalid”
- Importance changed from “” to “Low”