Magento get URL Paths

WE can Easily get the URL path from static blocks in CMS, PHP and phtml pages
 To Retrieve URL path in STATIC BLOCK

 To get SKIN URL 
 {{skin url='images/sampleimage.jpg '}}

 To get Media URL 
 {{media url='/sampleimage.jpg'}}

 To get Store URL 
 {{store url='mypage.html'}}

 To get Base URL 
 {{base url='yourstore/mypage.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 $this->getSkinUrl('images/sampleimage.jpg') ?>

Secure Skin URL

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/ sampleimage.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); 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);