Constants

2009-10-14T16:50:52Z

Tgryffyn: Added JPATH_BASE and note/reference to JURI:base to differentiate between file system paths and URI paths

These constants are defined for use in Joomla and [[extensions|extensions]]:-

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|JPATH_ADMINISTRATOR
|The path to the administrator folder.
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|JPATH_BASE
|The path to the installed Joomla! site.
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|JPATH_CACHE
|The path to the cache folder.
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|JPATH_COMPONENT
|The path to the current component being executed.
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|JPATH_CONFIGURATION
|The path to folder containing the configuration.php file.
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|JPATH_INSTALLATION
|The path to the installation folder.
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|JPATH_LIBRARIES
|The path to the libraries folder.
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|JPATH_PLUGINS
|The path to the plugins folder.
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|JPATH_ROOT
|The path to the installed Joomla! site.
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|JPATH_SITE
|The path to the installed Joomla! site.
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|JPATH_THEMES
|The path to the templates folder.
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|JPATH_XMLRPC
|The path to the XML-RPC Web service folder.
|}

These constants are defined in <code>_path_/includes/defines.php</code> except JPATH_BASE which is defined in <code>_path_/index.php</code>.

Note: These paths are the absolute paths of these locations within the file system, NOT the path you'd use in a URL.

For URL paths, try using [[JURI/base|JURI::base]].

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Constants