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

Gets a path to the specified extension file. This is a utility method that can be used to locate various files belonging to an extension.

The return values are as follows (USER_OPTION refers to the **$user_option** parameter and NAME refers to this same value with the front four characters removed. Where there are two entries listed for a particular value of **$varname**, each path is checked until a file is located.):
^ $varname ^ Returned Path ^
| front | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.php |
| html | /templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/components/NAME.html.php |
| html | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.html.php |
| front_html | /templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/components/NAME.html.php |
| front_html | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.html.php |
| toolbar | /components/USER_OPTION/toolbar.NAME.php |
| toolbar_html | /components/USER_OPTION/toolbar.NAME.html.php |
| toolbar_default | /includes/HTML_toolbar.php |
| toolbar_front | /includes/HTML_toolbar.php |
| admin | /components/USER_OPTION/admin.NAME.php |
| admin_html | /components/USER_OPTION/admin.NAME.html.php |
| admin_functions | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.functions.php |
| class | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.class.php |
| class | /includes/NAME.php |
| helper | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.helper.php |
| com_xml | /components/USER_OPTION/NAME.xml |
| mod0_xml | /modules/custom_legacy.xml (if USER_OPTION is empty) |
| mod0_xml | /modules/custom.xml (if USER_OPTION is 'custom') |
| mod0_xml | /modules/USER_OPTION/USER_OPTION.xml (otherwise) |
| mod1_xml | /modules/custom_legacy.xml (if USER_OPTION is empty) |
| mod1_xml | /modules/custom.xml (if USER_OPTION is 'custom') |
| mod1_xml | /modules/USER_OPTION/USER_OPTION.xml (otherwise) |
| bot_xml | /plugins/USER_OPTION.xml |
| menu_xml | /components/com_menus/USER_OPTION/USER_OPTION.xml |


===== Syntax =====
string 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>
echo JApplicationHelper::getPath( 'class', 'com_newsfeeds' );
</code>
might produce
<code php|Result>
C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\htdocs\\joomla11\\administrator\\components\\com_newsfeeds\\newsfeeds.class.php
</code>

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