Removing directory using codeigniter

Question

I\'m new to codeigniter so please forgive me, I am trying to make codeigniter delete a base folder (I don\'t know what the right term is, it\'s the folder where I put my up

Answer 1

$this->load->helper("file"); // load codeigniter file helper
delete_files('./path/to/directory/', TRUE); // Delete all files/folders in the dir

If you want to delete the empty folder(dir), add below line after above two lines

rmdir('./path/to/directory');