WordPress: return theme directory

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/**
 * Place this function in your functions.php file to allow global access
 * Update: 26 April 2012 11:35 - TEMPLATEPATH does the same job!
 */

/**
 * Theme Directory
 * Returns the directory of the theme from root
 * 
 * @param  boolean $echo=false [description]
 * @return string Depending on $echo this will return or echo the theme directory
 */
function theme_dir($echo=false) {
	$theme			= explode('wp-content/themes/', get_bloginfo('template_url'));
	$themeFolder	= get_theme_root().'/'.$theme[1];

	if ($echo)
		echo $themeFolder;
	else
		return $themeFolder;
}