I have the project in the remote server and i have only ssh access. How i can work with this project? I am looking for information for either PhpStorm or NetBeans.
You have several options, depending on your system.
You can rsync or scp up your files when you want to publish.
You can use version control (cvs, svn, git, mercurial, ...) and via ssh perform an "update" when you wish your code to go live.
You can set up a sshfs filesystem locally.
I don't know about NetBeans, but PhpStorm has a feature that allows uploading files as soon as they change to a server (via FTP or SSH).
I don't have a lot of experience with this feature but it does seem to work well. PhpStorm can also be configured to deploy changes that occurred outside (it seems to do so as soon as it regains focus). It also seems to properly delete files that have been deleted from the project, so it's a real sync, not just "upload".
See how to configure it under "To have PhpStorm upload changed files automatically" here: http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/webhelp/uploading-and-downloading-files.html
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I'm developing web app using CodeIgniter PHP framework. The server I'm working with does not support any type of source control (i.e. Subversion) unless you go to a higher price tier.
I would still like to put the code under some sort of source control. Does it make sense to do the following:
Install git or SVN on my local machine and develop there
Copy changes from my local machine to development directory on the server (using FileZilla, WinSCP, etc.) and test
Copy changes from development directory to production directory on the server
Does that sound reasonable? Are there better alternatives? Thanks!
If you are using svn locally it's a bit dangerous because then you will need to protect also your computer - I think the best way is to work with the commercial sites offer fully supported svn/git - like http://www.beanstalkapp.com/ or http://www.github.com
You could use source control on your local machine (SVN, Git, etc.) and use an open source tool like Capistrano to deploy the code from your local source control repo to your server via SSH. Or if you're limited to FTP, this blog post has a potential solution.
An advantage of using a tool like Capistrano instead of directly mirroring the files on your local machine to the server via FileZilla or WinSCP is that Capistrano will version your deployed files so that, if you end up breaking something and need to roll back quickly to the previously-deployed version, it can be as easy as changing a symlink to the previous deployment directory.
Does that sound reasonable?
Partially, in p.1. But even in this case I'll suggest to have your repository also at some Repository-Hosting (BitBucket, GitHub, Assembla)
For pp. 2-3: your deploys must to be automatic and non-interactive, thus - you'll have to select another tools (for using in post-commit hook of SCM-of-choice)
Somehow better alternative to 2-3 may be:
Use 2 different branches (DEVEL and PROD) as sources of DEVEL and PROD dir
Post-commit hook, which upload only changed in committed revision files to corresponding dir (NCFTP for FTP, SCP with scenario for ssh)
Main development happens in DEVEL branch
PROD have only mergesets from DEVEL
Workflow is SCM-agnostic and scalable to any reasonable amount of branches and developers
I need an effective way to automatically push changes made in Eclipse to a test web server. These are all PHP changes. I am thinking SCP or FTP would be great with an easy to use plugin, but I would be open to other suggestions.
Background
At my company, we have Windows development machines, but the only way to test the PHP is to push the code over to a Linux machine that is running an Apache installation. Normally, I would just test locally, using WAMPServer or XAMPP, but I just started with the company and their code base is full of OS specific code (one day we will fix that!).
I have currently setup Git on my machine and I simply commit everything over to a bare repo on the test server. Then I have a post-receive hook that forces a pull into the actual Apache web accessible folder.
This git setup works fine, but I really don't like polluting the blame log with useless commits (i.e. I added a comma to line X in javascript). Things like that are not useful to other developers.
In the end, I won't be pushing from my test server anyway. Instead, I'll be pushing from my Windows machine to a central git server for our team (once I get it set up), so I'm not really sure we should be using version control to deploy to the test web server. It seems like using an SCP or FTP plugin would make the most sense.
Question Restated
Are there any Eclipse plugins that could automatically SCP/FTP to a directory on file save? I've searched the Eclipse market place and I am really not sure where to go with this.
Thanks for your help!
Have a look at the Remote System Explorer plugin for Eclipse: http://eclipse.org/tm/
In the past, with Eclipse and a PHP Server/system, I had it setup so that when I commited changes to the CVS repository, it also saved the actual php files on the server. I had this functionality on a another computer in the past (I can't check this computer). The files for the repository seemed to have been saved in a different folder. So the cvs is in a folder stucture like var/cvs and my system files/PHP files facing clients are in something like var/www/html/. How would one go about setting something like this up? I use sftp to change files right now with Filezilla. It was very convenient before being able to commit the changes and check the web to make sure that changes worked. Right now I have to commit the changes then save the file with ftp to see the changes. Would love to be able to get rid of the sftp with Filezilla step if at all possible...
It sounds to me that you are testing your latest changes on the live website, which is bad idea, because if you inadvertently edit some error in the files, your website may expose that to the public.
My current work-flow is as follows:
I use Netbeans on a local project, which is the SVN checkout too. On most projects I use the Netbeans option "Copy files from source folder to another location" to copy the edited files "on save" to the local test webserver directory. If the changes work on the local webserver, I'll commit them to the SVN repository and login to the live-webserver via SSH and checkout the latest revision from the SVN.
So in fact I have four copies of each file:
The working copy (a Netbeans project and SVN checkout)
/home/feeela/projects/xyz/ (editing here only)
The test-server copy; Netbeans stores a copy there on each save;
/var/www/vhosts/xyz/ (127.0.0.1/xyz/)
The SVN repository; I'll manually commit files to it after testing on the local webserver;
/var/svn/xyz/ (svn commit -m "my last change")
The SVN checkout on the live-server, which is the actual website;
/var/www/vhosts/xyz/ (svn update # xyz.com/)
I don't have a clue, how setup the "local copy" feature (which can also refer to some other machine) with Eclipse. If someone knows a way to reproduce the above workflow using Eclipse and not need to manually sync the files to the test-server, I#ll be glad to read it here…
You could use a post-commit hook script on the CVS server to update (refresh) a working copy on var/www/html/. Every time you commit, the hook script would thus get the latest version of the files on the server and put them in var/www/html/.
I have been using Eclipse for Remote System Development and after hearing a lot of good things about Netbeans for PHP development, I wanted to give it a shot.
I ran into couple of issues even before starting:
1. Downloading complete remote directory to my local machine:
I work on multiple projects located on a development server and the code base is pretty huge. While setting up new PHP remote project using sftp to access my remote directories, Netbeans started downloading all the files from the remote location I specified. This is a bit annoying as it is taking really long to download all the files (includes large videos which are part of the projects).
Eclipse remote system development (and most other editors like EditPlus), on the other hand, simply shows me the remote file structure and only downloads a file to local temp dir when I open it.
Is this behavior standard in Netbeans?
2. Will external file modifications cause sync issues?
I usually update my svn by connecting to the dev server using putty. Since Netbeans is trying to maintain a copy of it's own on my local computer, will updating the source files externally outside netbeans create sync issues?
3. Can I manage remote svn repos from within Netbeans?
Since I already checked-out my svn projects on the dev server, can I use svn from within netbeans to commit or update?
Yes, it is standard. Netbeans downloads the remote application so that it can scan the local copies to enable code-completion.
It shouldn't. By default, Netbeans is almost immediately aware of any changes you make to project files outside of Netbeans.
Yes.
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?