Magento – Get URL Paths for Skin, Media, JS, Base & Store URL

Tips to get Magento URL paths of skin, Media, JS, Base and Store URL in CMS pages for Magento customization or programming.
How we can retrieve URL path from static blocks in CMS, PHP and phtml pages

To Retrieve URL path in STATIC BLOCK

To get SKIN URL
{{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);
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);