Magento : Get URLs

Here is the code to get base url, media url, store url, javascript url, images path etc in Magento.

To retrieve URL path in Static Block -

To get Skin URL

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

To get Media URL

{{media url='/anx.jpg'}}

To get Store URL

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

To get Base URL

{{base url='storename/anx.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 getSkinUrl('images/anx.jpg') ?> 

Secure Skin URL

<?php echo getSkinUrl('images/ anx.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);

Get Magento Media Url

 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);