How to view files content from a different directory

Hi all, I'm trying to create links to the files located in different folder with the below link structure(just for reference):

https://mywebsite/index.php/report/generateList

However, when I click on the link links generated, it shows an error 404 Page Not Found.

The folder in question, is in a completely different location(not within Codeigniter directory). So I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on how I can create the link to view the content of the files when click on it?

Here is my code:

PHP Code:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Report extends CI_Controller {

        public function generateList()
        {

                $directory = "/apps/text_files/";

                if (is_dir($directory))
                {
                        if ($opendirectory = opendir($directory))
                        {
                                while (($file = readdir($opendirectory)) !== false)
                                {
                                        echo "<a href='$directory" . "$file'>$file</a>"."<br>";
                                }
                        closedir($opendirectory);
                        }
                }
        }
} 


Thank you in advance!

Can you show us your directory structure?
app
system
public
-- assets
-- index.php
etc;

You can try this:

PHP Code:

$directory = "/apps/text_files/";

// Try this ../ is up one directory
$directory = "apps/text_files/"; 


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