How to get particular page URL in magento

Question

I would like to get a page's URL key in Magento.

For example, I have a CMS page called "What's New" with the identifier (or URL key) "whats_new". Its correct URL is therefore http://mysite.com/whats_new

Currently I use this code to echo its location:

<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl();?>whats_new 

I feel it's bad practice because its identifier (or URL key) is administrable; if its URL key or identifier changes then the link will break. What is the proper way to echo its dynamic URL key? Perhaps something similar to Wordpress's get_permalink('10')?

Answer 1

I think this will do what you want:

<?php echo Mage::helper('cms/page')->getPageUrl( $pageId ) ?> 

Replace $pageId with the correct id for the page you are linking to and it should work.

Answer 2

Try this

<?php echo $this->getUrl('whats_new');?> 

If you need to add url key dynamically then

<?php echo $this->getUrl($yourDynamicVariable);?> 

of course you must implement the features that you need to fill the variable if url key is changed