Magento: get skin url, get media url, get base url, get store url

To Retrieve URL path in STATIC BLOCK

SKIN URL

{{skin url='images/sampleimage.jpg'}}

{{skin url='images/sampleimage.jpg'}}

To get Media URL

{{media url='/sampleimage.jpg'}}

To get Store URL

{{store url='mypage.html'}}

To get Base URL

{{base url='yourstore/mypage.html'}}

TO Retrieve URL path in PHTML

Note: In editing PHTML don't forget to enclode the following code with PHP tag

Not secure Skin URL:

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/sampleimage.jpg') ?>

 

Secure Skin URL

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/ sampleimage.gif', array('_secure'=>true)) ?>

 

Get  Current URL

$current_url = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();

 

Get Home URL

$home_url = Mage::helper('core/url')->getHomeUrl();

 

Get Magento Media Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_LINK);

Get Magento Media Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);

 

Get Magento Skin Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);

 

Get Magento Store Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);

 

Get Magento Js Url

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);