app/helpers/form_errors_helper.rb
module FormErrorsHelper include ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper def error_span(attribute, options = {}) options[:span_class] ||= 'help-block' options[:error_class] ||= 'has-error' if errors_on?(attribute) @template.content_tag( :div, :class => options[:error_class] ) do content_tag( :span, errors_for(attribute), :class => options[:span_class] ) end end end def errors_on?(attribute) object.errors[attribute].present? if object.respond_to?(:errors) end def errors_for(attribute) object.errors[attribute].try(:join, ', ') || object.errors[attribute].try(:to_s) end end