Get Directory Paths and URLs For Magento 1

This post helps you to get URL, directory path, get the module URL.

Get Base URL

Mage::getBaseUrl() => get base url path e.g. http://domain.com
Mage::getBaseUrl('media') => get media url path e.g. http://domain.com/media
Mage::getBaseUrl('js') => get js url path e.g. http://domain.com/js/
Mage::getBaseUrl('skin') => get skin url path e.g. http://domain.com/skin/

Get Current URL

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

Home URL

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

Get Module’s Action Url

Mage::getUrl('module/controller/action');

Get Module’s Action SECURE Url

Mage::getUrl('module/controller/action', array('_secure'=>true));

Get Directory paths

Mage::getBaseDir() => /var/www/html/magento
Mage::getBaseDir('app') => /var/www/html/magento/app
Mage::getBaseDir('media') => /var/www/html/magento/media 
Mage::getBaseDir(‘skin’) => Gives skin directory file path
Mage::getBaseDir(‘var’) => Gives var directory file path
Mage::getBaseDir(‘cache’) => Gives cache directory file path
Mage::getBaseDir(‘log’) => Gives log directory file path

Get URL path in Static Block

{{base url=''}} => get base url
{{skin url='images/skinimage.jpg'}} => get skin URL
{{media url='/mediaimage.jpg'}} => get Media URL
{{store url=''}} => get store URL