How to get base secure url without index.php

Mage::getStoreConfig(Mage_Core_Model_Url::XML_PATH_SECURE_URL);

I mention this because no one else has, but I prefer using Mage::getUrl or Mage::getBaseUrl. Both of those automatically detect if the page is already secure when you do not specify it.

as @Aphroz said, you can use

Mage::getBaseUrl( Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB, true );

in order to retrieve secure base url. This returns secure url because we have specified it through second parameter true. Here first parameter is specified as Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB. This means the method returns value correspond to this system configuration field web/secure/base_url. This field is the value that we specify at

 System  >  Configuration  > Web  >  Secure url

so if this field is not using index.php there along with the base url, then the method will not give index.php along with the url. If it holds index.php, then it will return the same. So to ensure index.php is not there you can use str_replace function.

Below URL Access list

Get URLs in CMS pages or static blocks

1. Base URL:

   {{base url=''}}
   

2. Store URL:

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

   also only store URL

   {{store url=""}}
   

3. Media URL:

   only get media URL

   {{media url=''}}
   

   if you get some folder path

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

4. Skin URL:

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

   only get skin URL

   {skin url=''}}
   

Get URLs in PHP files (incl. templates/PHTML)

1. Get Base Url in magento:

   $baseurl = Mage::getBaseUrl();
   

   Get Base Url without index.php

   Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB); 
   
   // output: http://example.com/
   

2. Current Url

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

   or

   $currentUrl = Mage::getUrl('*/*/*', array('_current' => true));
   

   or

   if (!in_array(Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getAction()->getFullActionName(), array('cms_index_noRoute', 'cms_index_defaultNoRoute'))) 
   {
       $currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();
   }
   

3. Skin URL:

   $skinUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);
   

   Unsecure Skin URL:

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

   Secure Skin URL:

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

4. Media URL

   $mediaUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);
   

   or

   $mediaUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl('media');
   

5. Get Js URL:

   $jsUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);
   

   or

   $jsUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl('js');
   

6. get store URL:

   $storeUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);
   

7. Get Home URL:

   $homeUrl= Mage::helper('core/url')->getHomeUrl();
   

8. Get Directory paths

   Mage::getBaseDir('design') // Get design directory path
   Mage::getBaseDir('code')   // Gives code directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('lib')    // Gives lib directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('skin')   // Gives skin directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('var')    // Gives var directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('cache')  // Gives cache directory file path
   Mage::getBaseDir('log')    // Gives log directory file path
   

9. Create module URL:

   Mage::getUrl('module/controller/action');
   

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