base_path

Return the base URL path (i.e., directory) of the Drupal installation.

base_path() prefixes and suffixes a "/" onto the returned path if the path is not empty. At the very least, this will return "/".

Examples:

• http://example.com returns "/" because the path is empty.
• http://example.com/drupal/folder returns "/drupal/folder/".

Related topics

Formatting

Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.

Sanitization functions

Functions to sanitize values.

Input validation

Functions to validate user input.

HTTP handling

Functions to properly handle HTTP responses.

85 calls to base_path()

21 string references to 'base_path'

File

drupal/includes/common.inc, line 2682

Common functions that many Drupal modules will need to reference.

Code

function base_path() {
  return $GLOBALS['base_path'];
}