How do I get the default checkout url for a magento store?

Question

I'm trying to send a user to checkout programmatically in Magento. I can send them to $this->_redirect('checkout/onepage'); but if they have some sort of third party checkout extension I won't be using the proper one. Is there a way to get the default checkout url for the site and redirect there?

Answer 1

you can try with

$checkout_link = Mage::helper('checkout/url')->getCheckoutUrl();

this return checkout link in all conditions

• while using any extensions such as OnePagecheckout or OneStepcheckout
• if on extension were used it simply returns the basic checkout url