Get admin path programatically

Question

Is there any way to get the admin path for a given installation? Most of the time is /admin, but I want to know if there is a certain way to get the path of the admin programmatically.

Answer 1

You should use,

Mage::helper("adminhtml")->getUrl("adminhtml")

Answer 2

To get the Adminhtml Frontname in Magento local.xml try

Mage::getConfig()->getNode('admin/routers/adminhtml/args/frontName');

From etc/local.xml

<admin>
    <routers>
        <adminhtml>
            <args>
                <frontName><![CDATA[admin]]></frontName>
            </args>