Rails - Feb 2008 - Can we get request in application controller?

Hi, I''m trying to use my application controller to define my website
object (thus helping me find which template to use, etc).

I have this code in ApplicationController

sitename = request.host
sitename = "www." + sitename unless
sitename.split(''.'')[2]
$website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )

but I get undefined local variable or method `request'' for
ApplicationController:Class

Any ideas?
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> Hi, I''m trying to use my application controller to define my
website
> object (thus helping me find which template to use, etc).
>
> I have this code in ApplicationController
>
> sitename = request.host
> sitename = "www." + sitename unless
sitename.split(''.'')[2]
> $website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )
>
> but I get undefined local variable or method `request'' for
> ApplicationController:Class
>
> Any ideas?
You have it directly in ApplicationController?  That''s probably not
what
you want.

You probably want this:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

   before_filter :determine_website

   private
   def determine_website
     sitename = request.host
     sitename = "www." + sitename unless
sitename.split(''.'')[2]
     @website = Website.find_by_title( sitename )
   end

end

Then you can reference @website in your actions and views.

-philip

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