css are not loading

Hello,

I wonder why the css files are not loading?


views/index.php

     <link rel="stylesheet" href="<? echo base_url('assets/css/style.css'); ?>">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="<? echo base_url('assets/css/custom.css'); ?>">


config.php

       $config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/coolcicms/';


File location:

coolcicms/assets/css/style.css
coolcicms/assets/css/custom.css

I already autoload the url helpder.

Use this:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?= echo base_url('assets/css/style.css'); ?>">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?= echo base_url('assets/css/custom.css'); ?>">

"<?" does not mean "echo" or "print" but "<?=" does