Passing an array into hidden_field ROR

I would use this technique.

<% @user.roles.each do |role| %>
    <%= f.hidden_field :role_ids, :multiple => true, :value => role.id %>
<% end %>

:multiple adds both the [] to the end of the name attribute and multiple="multiple" to the input element, which is ideal. Rails uses this internally when it generates inputs for arrays, such as in fields_for.

Unfortunately it is not well-documented. I’m going to look into fixing this.

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