How to get base url inside controller in CakePHP

Question

I am using CakePHP 2.6.7. I want to get the following url:

www.mydomain.com/OrderFromReseller/82BC1562-22F9-4326-8B4B-370129710E8C

I try as:

$resellerURL = $this->webroot . 'OrderFromReseller/' . $this->request->data['Reseller']['api_key']; 

But when I echo the value of $resellerURL it echos http://orderfromreseller/82BC1562-22F9-4326-8B4B-370129710E8C.

Is there any alternative of $this->webroot to get base url properly inside cakephp?

Answer 1

You want to use Router::url() to get the full URL. For example to get the full web address for the homepage:-

Router::url('/', true);

You can pass any router array as the first parameter to get the full URL as long as you pass true as the second parameter. For example:-

$url = Router::url(
    ['controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'test'],
    true
);