====== getBasePath ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Application JApplication::getBasePath - IR #}

Returns the base path of the current application.

**The method is deprecated** and provided for backwards compatibility with Joomla! 1.0. It is scheduled to be removed in future versions.
Use [[references:joomla.framework:environment:JURI-base|JURI::base]] instead.

===== Syntax =====
string getBasePath ( **$client**, **$addTrailingSlash** )

| **$client** | integer | which client to return the path for (0 - site, 1 - administrator, 2 - installation). This parameter is ignored as of Joomla! 1.5 |
| **$addTrailingSlash** | boolean | whether or not a trailing slash should be added to the end of the path. This parameter is ignored as of Joomla! 1.5 |

===== Examples =====
The following examples are pure academic because both parameters are ignored as of Joomla! 1.5 and always return the base path of the active application including the trailing slash.

<code php|Example: JSite>
global $mainframe;

echo $mainframe->getBasePath( 0, true )
</code>
might display the following:
<code php|Result>
http://www.example.com/joomla15/
</code>

<code php|Example: JAdministrator>
global $mainframe;

echo $mainframe->getBasePath( 1, true )
</code>
might display the following:
<code php|Result>
http://www.example.com/joomla15/administrator/
</code>

<code php|Example: JInstaller>
global $mainframe;

echo $mainframe->getBasePath( 2, true )
</code>
might display the following:
<code php|Result>
http://www.example.com/joomla15/installation/
</code>

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