How do I add a span in a link_to with an image

Question

So I have this:

<%= link_to(image_tag(@model.picture.url(:thumb), :alt => ''), "/pages/you/#{something.id}", {:id => "y_link_#{something.id}"}) %>

Which works, but I need a span in between also like this:

 <a id="y_link_2" href="/pages/you/2" class="">
     <span>Apples</span>
     <img src="another_small.jpg?1236340989" alt="">
 </a>

How do I add

 <span>Apples</span>

to the link_to?

Answer 1

image_tag and content_tag return basic strings, so they can be concatenated using the + operator easily:

<%= link_to(content_tag(:span, "Apples") + image_tag(@model.picture.url(:thumb), :alt => ''), "/pages/you/#{something.id}", {:id => "y_link_#{something.id}"}) %>

However, as you can see, it gets quite messy - might be worth moving it into a helper method.