Rails: link_to not rendering dynamic text

Question

In my rails 4 erb view i have this link,

<%= link_to "Download @served_file.title", "/public/uploads/@served_file.file", :class => "btn" %>

However, it won't replace @served_object.title and @served_object.file with the text but just placing those lines inside a <%= %> works as expected.

Answer 1

You need to interpolate the values into the string.

<%= link_to "Download #{@served_file.title}", "/uploads/#{@served_file.file}", :class => "btn" %>