Zend Studio and remote host - best practice

Question

Got the following:

Zend Studio
Zend Framework Project
Remote host with FTP and SSH (root access)

Want to:

Save directly to remote host.

Currently i'm working on a localhost *AMP server, manually updating the remote through FTP.

Have tried various ways to acomplish the above - unsuccessfull obviously.

Can some one tell me what to do? Studio 5 (pre-eclipse) was so much better for pure 'FTP programming'.

/Philip

Currently WinXP, but sometimes MacOSX - Just need a new Mac :) — Phliplip, Jun 28 '10 at 18:39
Still no cigar, also i tried ZS 8 Beta.. Crashed and burned! — Phliplip, Aug 11 '10 at 12:44
Ehh... why have somebody given my question negative? And all the answers has also got a negative !? — Phliplip, Sep 02 '10 at 06:53

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 19 '11 at 08:27

Currently i'm using remote server support for synchronize my project directly with my i5 server.

It works using ftp or sfpt if you have enabled SSH on your server machine.

It works very well.

Before using remote server support you have to set up a connection to the server: go to window menu > open perspective > other > remote system explorer
set up a connection to your server
Return to php develop perspective
To add the "support to remote server" to an existing project, click on the project with rigth click > properties > Remote Server Support
Flag enable Remote connection properties
Set-up all properties and select upload files "on save"

In this way, ZS work locally on the file's project (index, build files ecc) and upload on the server only the .php and .js files.

It can works very well with svn suppor too, because it DOESEN'T upload (.svn) files to the server but keeps it local.

This got me half way there. The missing part is you need to click the Manage button next to the Remote Connection combo box and set the Initial Directory. If you're using FTP you might want to set it to passive mode. — metric152, Nov 24 '11 at 19:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 21:17

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You can use 3rd party utilities:

Expandrive for OSX
Netdrive (commercial) or FTPDrive (free)

to mount FTP/SFTP to drive or folder so you can work as it is locally.

answered Jun 28 '10 at 21:17

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My problem is ZSE is "building workspace" everytime i save. I remember that i once had some remote_host thingy in ZSE working. But it took forever to save! But i'll try it out! – Phliplip Jun 29 '10 at 07:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 29 '19 at 09:06

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Whatever you do, don't use Expandrive. That's what I'm working with now, and it grinds ZSE to a crashing halt. Sometimes, Expandrive just stops working and ZSE thinks the file disappeared, so you have to close everything and anything not saved is lost.

EDIT: One solution that's worked for us is using the SMB protocol, using Windows' SMB compatibility to create a remote drive, and then interacting with your code base that way. Make sure to ignore building large static files or large files you won't be directly editing to further speed up Eclipse when building a project this way.

edited May 29 '19 at 09:06

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answered Jul 12 '10 at 16:01

Robert Elwell

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That's what i feared.. still no solution to my problem! – Phliplip Jul 13 '10 at 17:27
If you don't need some of the advanced features of ZSE, try using Komodo Edit. It has remote editing built right in. – Robert Elwell Jul 14 '10 at 15:04
I'm currently using Samba share at work, on our in-house server. Will try to set it up on the remote host i'm working on. – Phliplip Jan 25 '11 at 09:16

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