====== getPath ======
{#JAPI Joomla.Framework Application JApplication::getPath #}

Retrieves the path to the specified file. 
**This method is deprecated in Joomla! 1.5 (JApplicationHelper::getPath should be used instead).** 
See the [[JApplicationHelper-getPath|JApplicationHelper::getPath]] for a detailed description of this method.

===== Syntax =====
void getPath ( **$varname**, **$user_option** )

| **$varname** | string | is a string containing the name of the variable to retrieve. |
| **$user_option** | string | is a string containing the user option. This parameter is optional and if omitted defaults to null. |

===== Examples =====
<code php|Example>
global $mainframe;

echo $mainframe->getPath( 'admin', 'com_contact' );
</code>
might produce
<code php|Result>
C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\joomla11\administrator\components\com_contact\admin.contact.php
</code>

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