[FIXED] Delete file from folder in CodeIgniter

Issue

I am trying to delete a file whose name is saved in $category_image. But the function delete_files() is not deleting.

public function deleteCategory($id,$category_image)
{
    $this->load->helper('file');
    //echo FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image;

     delete_files(FCPATH.'/uploads/'.$category_image,false,false);die;
    //$this->load->model('AdminModel')->deleteCategory($id);
}

Solution

The problem is that delete_files() is the wrong function to use. It is designed to "Deletes all files contained in the supplied directory path." - not to delete a single file. The addition of a file name at the end of the path causes the function to fail.

Just use unlink()

unlink(FCPATH.'uploads/'.$category_image);die;

Note that the constant FCPATH already has a directory separator at the end so don't add another before 'uploads/'.

Answered By - DFriend