'Kickchart gem' show monthly chart by selecting the momth and set by default current month to show

Question

I have this code in my controller filter by month :

@posts = Post.by_month(params[:selected_month])                           

now I need to set current month as default value in case of nil ????

Answer 1

I guess you already implemented that method at your Model.

You can get the name of the current month with:

Date.today.strftime("%B")

So at your code:

month = params[:selected_month] ? params[:selected_month] : Date.today.strftime("%B")
@posts = Post.by_month(month)

This should be work if your method by_month search records by month name

If your method search by month number then change Date.today.strftime("%B") by Date.today.strftime("%m")