magento Get Base Url , Skin Url , Media Url , Js Url , Store Url and Current Url for secure

Question

I am newbie to the magento. I am developing a module. For that I have some css andjs files that I want to display links. I currently have the links like

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('module_tryouts/css/jquery.fancybox-1.3.1.css');?>" media="all" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('module_tryouts/css/jquery-ui-1.8.custom.css');?>" media="all" />

But after going through some of the links I came to know that the link should be secure so that the module can be integrated with mazebridge.

http://jagdeepbanga.com/blog/magento-get-base-url-skin-url-media-url-js-url-store-url-and-current-url.html

http://www.webdosh.net/2011/04/magento-get-skin-url-get-media-url-get.html

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/7894/

http://www.yireo.com/tutorials/magebridge/integrations/1213-integrating-magebridge-with-other-magento-extensions

So can someone kindly tell me how to solve this issue? How to give a secure links to the files of js and css, images so that it can be integrated with mazebridge. Any help and suggestions will be really appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

Below URL Access list

Get URLs in CMS pages or static blocks

1. Base URL:

   {{base url=''}}
   

2. Store URL:

   {{store url='test.html'}}
   

   also only store URL

   {{store url=""}}
   

3. Media URL:

   only get media URL

   {{media url=''}}
   

   if you get some folder path

   {{media url='imagefolder/imagename.jpg'}}
   

4. Skin URL:

   {{skin url='images/imagename.jpg'}}
   

   only get skin URL

   {{skin url=''}}
   

Get URLs in PHP files (incl. templates/PHTML)

1. Get Base Url in magento:

   $baseurl = Mage::getBaseUrl();
   

   Get Base Url without index.php

   Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB); 
   
   // output: http://example.com/
   

2. Current Url

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

   or

   $currentUrl = Mage::getUrl('*/*/*', array('_current' => true));
   

   or

   if (!in_array(Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getAction()->getFullActionName(), array('cms_index_noRoute', 'cms_index_defaultNoRoute'))) 
   {
       $currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();
   }
   

3. Skin URL:

   $skinUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);
   

   Unsecure Skin URL:

   $skinUrl = $this->getSkinUrl('images/imagename.jpg');
   

   Secure Skin URL:

   $this->getSkinUrl('images/imagename.gif', array('_secure'=>true));
   

4. Media URL

   $mediaUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);
   

   or

   $mediaUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl('media');
   

5. Get Js URL:

   $jsUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);
   

   or

   $jsUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl('js');
   

6. get store URL:

   $storeUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);
   

7. Get Home URL:

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

8. Get Directory paths

   Mage::getBaseDir('design') // Get design directory path
   Mage::getBaseDir('code')   // Gives code directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('lib')    // Gives lib directory file path
   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
   

9. Create module URL:

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