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Revision: 2812
at April 18, 2007 21:27 by vanne
Initial Code 
# create a new file inside lib/ and call it helpers.rb
# paste the following:

def help
  Helper.instance
end

class Helper
  include Singleton
  # look inside ActionView::Helpers to include any other helpers that you might need
  include ActionView::Helpers::DateHelper
  include ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper
end

# then in any model or controller:
require 'lib/helpers'

# to use:
# help.name_of_helper
# EX: help.pluralize 10, "person"
Initial URL 
http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1799
Initial Description 
This is an easy to use any helpers that rails provides in any other place besides views and view helpers
Initial Title 
Use helpers in controllers or models
Initial Tags 
rails, ruby
Initial Language 
Ruby