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?

Answered here http://stackoverflow.com/a/13660262/1868660 – Subodh Ghulaxe Mar 19 '13 at 13:33 — Subodh Ghulaxe, Mar 19 '13 at 13:33

nIcO · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-06T07:49:35.700

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

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 06 '12 at 09:18

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There are a few different ways to get the base path. I use

echo $this->webroot; //Note: auto appends trailing slash

answered Dec 06 '12 at 09:18

Tim Joyce

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What if this only returns a URL of / instead of /app/webroot? – mtpultz Mar 17 '15 at 21:17
Will work only at controller level. check @nIcO answer – Fr0zenFyr Jan 04 '19 at 08:03

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 23 '14 at 15:45

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Use this for baseurl

echo $this->html->url('/', true);

edited Jul 23 '14 at 15:45

Carl0s1z

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answered Dec 25 '13 at 10:29

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Will work only at view level. check @nIcO answer for generic solution – Fr0zenFyr Jan 04 '19 at 08:02

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 17:28

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On a related note.

If you need the theme url you can do this:

$this->webroot.'theme/'.$this->theme

answered Nov 26 '13 at 17:28

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 13 '13 at 02:10

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You must format: WWW_ROOT . DS . 'css/file.css';

answered Dec 13 '13 at 02:10

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WWW_ROOT have the full path route to webroot, not the url. – Roberto Maldonado Jan 10 '14 at 11:55

How to get the base Url in cakephp?

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