Can I get a “base URL” in WordPress within a template file?

Question

Usually in my PHP apps I have a base URL setup so I can do things like this

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Answer 1

Yes, you can use get_bloginfo('url') just like that or define a constant...

define('BASE_URL', get_bloginfo('url'));

If you are working on a template and want the URL fragment to that theme folder, use...

bloginfo('template_directory');