How to get the base Url in cakephp?

Question

I'm using Html Helper css() method to link my stylesheets just like this: <?php echo $this->Html->css('reset.css');?> but what if my CakePHP app is accessed through a path other than http://site.domain.com, i.e. http://site.domain.com/my_app

What would be the best command to link my stylesheet?

Answer 1

The exact same command should work:

<?php 
echo $this->Html->css('reset.css');
?>

It automatically adds the path to the CSS folder if the given path 'reset.css' doesn't start with a slash.

By the way, if you do need to get the base url in Cake, you can use the Router class:

//with http://site.domain.com/my_app
echo Router::url('/')       //-> /my_app
echo Router::url('/', true) //-> http://site.domain.com/my_app