Deleting a File using php/codeigniter

Question

I would like to delete a file that is found in my localhost.

localhost/project/folder/file_to_delete

I\'m using codeigniter for this.

Answer 1

simply can use:

$file = "uploads/my_test_file.txt";

if (is_readable($file) && unlink($file)) {
    echo "The file has been deleted";
} else {
    echo "The file was not found";
}