HOW TO GET GET BASE URL, SKIN URL, GET MEDIA URL, GET STORE URL AND OTHER URLS IN MAGENTO?

HOW TO GET  GET BASE URL, SKIN URL, GET MEDIA URL, GET STORE URL AND OTHER URLS IN MAGENTO?

HERE IS SOME USEFULL URL FOR YOU WHICH CAN HELP YOU TO USE THE DEFINE URL IN MAGENTO

HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU.

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);

To get SKIN URL

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