How to get Magento theme directory?

Question

First, I was here but that doesn't help because

$this->getSkinUrl()

Is not what I want since it returns URL not path

Mage::getBaseDir('skin');

returns the skin base dir, they may be many themes there..

I want to determine the current theme base dir.

Answer 1

Try this:

Mage::getSingleton('core/design_package')->getSkinBaseDir()