Rails handling .Erb with Nils

Question

keeps giving me grief when profile is nil... what can i do?

Answer 1

Always check if a variable is nil before using it in a view.

<% image_tag this.profile.expiring_url(180) unless this.profile.nil? %>

I'm sure there's a more elegant solution to the problem, but that should get you started.

Answer 2

This should work, too

<%= image_tag(this.profile.expiring_url(180)) rescue "no image!" %>