ActionPack: number_to_phone error

Question about the number_to_phone function as provided by
rails in actionpack:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/Action
View/Helpers/NumberHelper.html

If I do this in my controller:
      num = number_to_phone(params[:phone_number])
I get this error:
      undefined method `number_to_phone' for
#<TicketsController:0xb7a2bfcc>

Whereas if I do this in my view:
      <% phone_number = number_to_phone(phone_number.phone_number) %>
      <%= text_field 'phone_number', 'phone_number',
{
                            :value => phone_number,
                            :size => 12, } %>

It works as advertized.  Does anyone have any idea why?

Thanks,
Peter
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On 8/14/06, Kyle Slattery <slatteryfidgeting.net> wrote:
> I believe it is because a helper by definition is only
available for use in
> your view, not in your controller.
>
> -Kyle

You are correct.  That's what it was.
Adding this to my controller (application.rb or an
individual
controller) made it available:
  include ActionView::Helpers::NumberHelper

Thanks!
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