url encode equivalent in ruby on rails

Question

Is there an equivalent to PHP's urlencode in Ruby on Rails 2.3.5? I googled it but all the answers seem to date back to before 2006 and seems dates. This is what I found. It seems a bit abnormal to call CGI::escape in a view.

Is there an equivalent helper function?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I believe the u helper method is what you're looking for:

<%=u "URL ENCODE <p>ME</p>" %>

I can't seem to find the documentation for that method, but if I find it in the near future I'll be sure to put a link in here.