What is the difference between link_to and link_to_unless_current

Question

I'm just a beginner using Ruby on Rails for building website.. Here they hv not clearly mentioned the difference between link_to and link_to_unless_current plz help as soon as possible

Answer 1

Link_to refers to "redirecting no matter what", and link_to_unless_current redirects unless it is already the current page.

Answer 2

link_to will always generate a link.

link_to_unless_current will be ignored if the url it would link to is the same as the url that rendered the view containing it.

Answer 3

link_to just generates a link, link_to_unless_current only creates the link if the current page is not equal to the link you provided.

There is also a link_to_unless method, where you can provide a custom condition when to show the link.

For more information take a look at the UrlHelper documentation.