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I want to get skin URL of my current theme. At present I am working in Magento "rwd" theme.

And I am using below code to get skin URL:

Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl();

This returns me URL http://localhost/magento/skin/frontend/default/default/

but I need URL like: http://localhost/magento/skin/frontend/rwd/default/

Please help me.

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  • the above code works fine for me , check in the backend you assigned correctly
    – saravanavelu
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 9:04
  • Are you calling any file at all?
    – Adarsh Khatri
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 9:07
  • At backend I am setting rwd theme in design.But no effect in this function.
    – Krupali Mehta
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 9:19
  • @AdarshKhatri I am calling this function in php file
    – Krupali Mehta
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 9:20
  • I meant, any css js img file? Could you add your full code how you are calling and where?
    – Adarsh Khatri
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 9:21

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I have used following command to get different URL in magento Get Url in phtml files

1. Get Base Url :

Mage::getBaseUrl();

2. Get Skin Url :

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);

(a) Unsecure Skin Url :

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

(b) Secure Skin Url :

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

3. Get Media Url :

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);

4. Get Js Url :

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);

5. Get Store Url :

Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);

6. Get Current Url

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

Get Url in cms pages or static blocks

1. Get Base Url :

{{store url=""}}

2. Get Skin Url :

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

3. Get Media Url :

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

4. Get Store Url :

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

I think this will help you.

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    Please explain, in which context you call $this->getSkinUrl() - i.e. what is $this?. The rest is a nice list, but irrelevant to OPs question
    – Fabian Schmengler
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 13:15
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    You can use : Mage::getBaseUrl('skin').'/frontend/default/mytheme/';
    – Bhavin Solanki
    Commented Jul 10, 2015 at 18:06
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    $this is the block in this context. e.g., if you are rendering the current template using following code <block type="core/template" name="my_block" template="page/html/my_template.phtml" />, $this in the phtml file will refer to a block of type Mage_Core_Block_Template
    – Ejaz
    Commented Mar 29, 2018 at 13:23
  • Note that getSkinUrl accepts parameters. So you can do for example: {{skin url="imagename.jpg" _package="mypackage" _theme="default" _area="frontend"}}. More at \Mage_Core_Model_Design_Package::getSkinUrl.
    – Ricardo Martins
    Commented Jul 20, 2021 at 1:34
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You can easily avail the current URL of your existing Magento theme by using the below-mentioned code:

<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl();?>
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When you are using 

Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl($file = null, array $params = array());

You should pass in the $file parameter for the resource you are trying to retrieve; e.g.: 

Mage::getDesign()->getSkinUrl('images/example.png');

Magento will automatically search in your site's set theme first and if it's not there it will continue its search using the theme fallback.

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This happens when you default theme is default and rwd theme do not have requested image.

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  • this is my case, thank you
    – Giuseppe
    Commented Dec 1, 2021 at 12:46

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