I am passing a collection (@feed_items) to a _feed_item partial via the :collection option. Inside the _feed_item partial I want to render another partial _like_button. In the _like_button partial I want to be able to access a specific member of the collection. What should I be passing from the _feed_item partial to the _like_button partial?
@feed_items = current_user.user_feed.order("id DESC").limit(5)
_feed.html.erb
<%= render partial: 'shared/feed_item', collection: @feed_items %>
_feed_item.html.erb
<%= render 'likes/like_button', ????? %>
_like_button.html.erb
<% if like = current_user.likes.find_by_feed_id(feed_item.id) %>
EDIT
Passing the local variable as per the answers below worked:
<%= render :partial => 'likes/like_button', :locals =>{:feed_item => feed_item} %>
However, after the like is submitted, I am getting a ActionView::Template::Error (undefined local variable or method 'feed_item'
when it tries to render the form again through ajax. How can I pass the local variable again through the ajax call?
Controller
class LikesController < ApplicationController
def create
@like = Like.create(params[:like])
@feed = @like.feed
render :toggle
end
def destroy
like = Like.find(params[:id]).destroy
@feed = like.feed
render :toggle
end
end
toggle.js.erb
$("#like").html("<%= escape_javascript render('like_button') %>");
_like_button.html.erb
<% if like = current_user.likes.find_by_feed_id(feed_item.id) %>
<%= form_for like, :html => { :method => :delete }, :remote => true do |f| %>
<%= f.submit "Unlike" %>
<% end %>
<% else %>
<%= form_for current_user.likes.build(:feed_id => feed_item.id), :remote => true do |f| %>
<%= f.hidden_field :feed_id %>
<%= f.hidden_field :user_id %>
<%= f.submit "Like" %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
_feed_item.html.erb
<div id="like">
<%= render :partial => 'likes/like_button', :locals =>{:feed_item => feed_item} %>
</div>
<%= render :partial => 'likes/like_button', :locals =>{:feed_item => feed_item} %>
Rails has got some awesome documention http://guides.rubyonrails.org/layouts_and_rendering.html#passing-local-variables
In toggle.js
$("#like").html("<%= escape_javascript(render :partial => 'likes/like_button', :locals =>{:feed_item => @feed}) %>");