I seem to be having issues accessing my cpanel from work and so I'm trying to find a web-based file editor that can serve as an alternative. However, all of those that I found require me to have actual linux server access.
I'm just looking for a simple php editor that I can set up and use to edit and manage a couple of files.
Thanks!
If you can't install a Web based file manager on your hosting account, you can use online tools.
https://codeanywhere.net/ is really nice.
Or You can check this list to find the more appropriate file editor you need.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/12/07/11-robust-web-based-editors-to-code-directly-from-your-browser.html
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I have created an administrative system for libraries which basically lets you register books, users, borrowings and all kind of stuff that happens in a library. To code and test it, I used XAMPP, in my own PC, using Apache PHP and MySQL to structure and develop the application.
It works, and has a very complete and efficient set of functions and utilities, that is why I plan to implement it in my school's library, that for years has been using Microsoft Excel as a tool to organize all the books and students.
The thing is: I don't understand how to setup this app as a local web application. The idea is to install the folders and files in the library computer so it can control the system locally and through a browser (using localhost to access the PHP application).
I know it is possible to simply install XAMPP manually and copy the folder to htdocs and then use it normally, but I want to eliminate the manual part, and have some sort of setup that lets any person install the app without having to understand how Apache or MySQL works.
Does anybody know what could I do? I have though of creating a series of batch files (the library PC uses Windows) and move folders, create shortcuts, etc. using normal cmd commands. It would be a better alternative, but still the user would need to go through XAMPP (or some other service) setup prompts.
Thanks very much
you can create a bash file to automate this process.
I'm looking for a way to share my php applications with a colleague without using a server. My colleague isn't really versed in xampp and localhost stuff, so ideally, he shouldn't have to install or configure anything.
I'm already using SQLite to make my application more portable, but I need to figure out how to handle the php side of things. Is there a way to create a "mini" xampp or localhost that the php files can run on? Ideally, my colleague should just need to start up one program, at which point the localhost address would point to my files. Is something like that possible with xampp?
You can use ngrok. ngrok build a url for your localhost project. which you can share to your colleague or anywhere across the globe.
You can start a web server using the php executable:
php -S localhost:8000
http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php
You can use Devserver. It's portable. You just have to put the Devserver folder (with your files in Local Directory) on a USB key.
It should be said that there are very, very few times where what you're talking about should be necessary. If this is a truly "personal use" case, you could just put the scripts online and set up an htaccess password for your friend. If it's software you're trying to distribute, you could create cloud access for it.
Having said that, I do have a piece of software in the wild that matches this description. The reason it needs to run its own server and be accessible locally is because it (a) runs in retail stores, (b) serves and receives data with a corporate android app only on the local network in those stores and (c) must continue to run with local data if the internet connection goes down at any given store.
The only way to do this at the moment is ship a physical mini PC stick, preloaded with XAMPP, the database, and the whole set of PHP scripts and a nice index.php file at the local root, to each and every store. In my case, this required building an internal update mechanism to push software updates as necessary. But you could probably just have your friend download a zip file with updates and replace his www root folder with it.
If you can afford $100 for a cheap PC on a stick, this is probably your best answer. It's definitely the fastest. You could wade into trying to compile your PHP code, but there is no complete solution for that.
It is actual question for me to, so I made a little research and from what I have read the most perspective way is to use a vagrant. You still will need to do a lot of configurations, but mainly on your side. Your college can deploy fairly easy and pain fry.
I found this article describing a basic workflow very useful.
Update #2: If for some reason vagrant or any other type of virtualization is not an option for you consider looking to portable xampp launcher instead
Exist any way, how to place the PHP project with MySQL database on CD/DVD with full functionality? My client would like have his presentation on the CD and this CD he'd give his customers.
And the idea is, that these customers just put the CD into their PC and run the complet web presentation on their computer...
Is that sci-fi or exist any way to do that?
Thank you
The CD/DVD will have to have Apache/MySQL/PHP available to it - what you're looking for is a "portable webserver" to be run from the DVD. I used something called The Uniform Server some time back with pretty good success.
Well, the only solution I can see is not use a server-side language (seeing as there is no server here), but use only HTML+CSS+JavaScript to make your presentation, hard code the content with the HTML, and don't use a database.
Burn all of that on a CD (have an index.html page on the root folder) and when that is run from a browser, it should work.
Since most folks have internet access these days, I'd make an index.html file with a meta-refresh to a regular web page online. You can even make an autorun.inf that launches that file, but note that most computers have autorun functionality disabled these days.
You can checkout Server2Go. I only found it via googling so I can't speak as to how well it works, but it seems like it has everything you're looking for.
You can create an entire live Linux environment that they can boot off of a CD. Take a look at Knoppix. Their wiki has instructions for mounting the OS, customizing it, and recreating the disk image.
Another option might be to use VMWare ThinApp to virtualize your entire application bundle (MySQL Server, application server, etc.).
On your client computer set up the server, php plugin, and mysql. The server should point to the cdrom as the root directory. Then copy all the web files onto the dvd. Do not forget to create databases on the client computer.
I just tried CDsite from the SourceForge website. It came in handy for a similar requirement of mine. However, note, works only on Windows XP. The EXE file failed to run in Windows 7.
So we are pushing to create good processes in our office. I work in a web shop that has been doing web sites for over a decade. And we don't use version control. I know! It's bad, not my fault. I'm the guy with a SoftE background pushing for this at a minimum.
The tech lead has been looking into it. We all use Mac workstations and mostly use Coda for editing since it is a great IDE. It has SVN support built in but expects it to work on local files. We're trying to explore mounting the web directory as a local network drive with an SFTP tool.
We are a LAMP shop, BTW.
I am wondering what the model is here. I think we have typically would checkout the whole site to our local machine where we have apache running and then test it there? This isn't how we work yet, we do everything on the server. We've looked at checking things in and out, but some files are owned by apache and the ownerships change when I check them in, because I'm not apache.
I just want to know a way to do this that works given my circumstances. Would be nice to not have to run apache locally.
You might want to checkout the Coda mailing list and ask there. Lots of Coda enthusiasts there with specific experience.
If you don't want to have to run locally could make Apache on your server run a copy of the site for every developer, on a different port per person, and then mount those web-roots to the local macs and make that the working directory. If you're a small shop that's not hard to manage. I find that pretty easy to set up and saves a lot of resources on the local machines. The one-site-per-person helps to avoid conflicts with multiple people working on files at the same time.
What I'd additionally recommend is to have a script that gets the latest changes from SVN and deploys the entire site to the production server when you're ready. You could have that script change permissions on appropriate files/folders as needed to be owned by Apache. The idea once you're using source control is to never manually edit the production files -- you should have something that deploys it from SVN for you.
A few notes:
Take a look at MacFuse / MacFusion (the latter is the application, the former is the library behind it) to mount remote directories via SSH / FTP as local ones.
Allow your developers to check out into their local environment (with their own LAMP stack if they're savvy), or look into a shared dev environment with individual jails. This way your developers can run their own LAMP stack (which you could deploy for them on the machine) without interfering with others.
The idea being, let them use a workflow that works best for them, to minimize the pain in adapting to this change (if change management might be an issue!)
Just as an example, we have a shared dev server where jails are created with a single command for new developers. They have a full LAMP stack ready to go, and we can upgrade and re-deploy jails easily to keep software up to date. Developers have individual control to add custom settings / extensions if they need it for work, while the sys admins have the ability to reset everything when someone accidently breaks their environment :)
Those who prefer not to use jails, and are able to, manage their own local environments (typically through Macports or MAMP).
I'm looking for an editor that can read and write remote PHP files via sFTP. I'm talking about not having a local copy of my PHP files.
But here is the tricky part : I'd like that editor to be aware of all the files in my projet, and provide me with intellisense-like auto-completion, classes structures, etc...Just like Eclipse PDT, Aptana and NetBeans do, but with the "remote project storage and awareness" feature.
Do you know about any editor with these features ?
Thanks !
Edit : I'm absolutely not working on my production server, but on a development server. It's mostly because I need to works under windows on my desktop PC and don't want host my projects locally for various compatibility and tools availability reasons, and use linux as a server OS.
May not be a good idea:
Warnings:
1) Disconnect:
What if you are coding and your connection gets lost, you may get a corrupted file or loose some work. Disconnects occur much more often that power loss in your home/office, and you can safeguard by using a small UPC - that will give a minute to save your work.
2) SCM:
Use git, mercurial, svn or what have you, to speed up deployment. Increases ability to share code, backup and roll backs.
3) Auto completion will not work very well over network connection, because ( at least in NetBeans) it scans your project to figure out what you want to auto-complete. It takes a few seconds even on a local machine.
Solution:
If after all of the above you still want to do it, you can trick your editor by mounting remote storage as a local drive. You didn't specify your OS but on Mac and Linux - you can easily do it - take a look at Fuse. http://fuse.sourceforge.net/
Khmm apperatnly there was an attempt to port Fuse to Windows:
http://fuse4win.4host.ru/
Hope that helps
Update
There are also a few commercial products - one was recommended by macworld I think ( they are both for Mac and Windows)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDrive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpanDrive
On Windows the Zeus editor can do seamless ftp/sftp editing.
These remote ftp files can also be defined to belong to a project/workspace.
But the Zeus PHP intellisensing will only work for local files.
You can use NetBeans for this, you will have your project saved locally but you can set to upload the file anytime when you save that file. Right click on your project, Properties, Run Configuration, Run As: Remote website. Click on Remote Connection: ... Manage and add your FTP account. Don't forget to set Upload files: to On Save. I have had no problem with this configuration and I am working for one year with NetBeans.
For quick editing I am using PSPad.
I don't think this is something that actually exists. Mainly because intellisense and class structures rely on being able to parse your complete project. Doing this over FTP would take way to long to actually be of any practical use.
You might be able to find an editor that will automatically upload any change you make locally though.
I'd second the comments about not working directly on your live environment.
As you've mentioned Eclipse / Aptana - perhaps consider using something like Git or SVN, with a post-commit hook to immediately publish to your live environment each time you commit. That way you reduce the risk by being able to easily roll back any changes that break your live server.
You can use Eclipse (with suitable git/svn plugin) to check out your entire site direct from the repository, and have all the code completion goodness you need. "Saving" is then just a case of committing your changes back to the repository, which would automatically update your server thanks to the post-commit hook.
It's still not ideal, and very risky to develop on a live server, but if you really have no preview environment, then this is perhaps slightly safer than simply working directly through ftp.
I'm curious why you'd need to not keep a local copy - yet you've said the project seems quite small - perhaps taking another approach to the problem would be safer?