Get skin path in Magento?

Question

I have a few custom PHP functions for my Magento store that I stored in myfunc.php and I need to require it from in a few different .phtml files. How do I do that?

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Answer 1

To get that file use the below code.

include(Mage::getBaseDir('skin').'myfunc.php');

But it is not a correct way. To add your custom functions you can use the below file.

app/code/core/Mage/core/functions.php

Kindly avoid to use the PHP function under skin dir.