PHP project, linux configuration

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I hope this is the right place to ask.

Here is my scenario for developing php project:

I have 2 machines. One with Linux(ubuntu) and one with Windows 7 connected via local network.

Linux is my apache server and windows is my editing machine.

I have managed to configure properly linux machine and I can use http://myproject url on Windows machine to see my project.

I need to use Windows for editing files (netbeans) and my question is what do I need to use/install on linux to be able to edit instantly files and use http://myproject to see changes?

Please make a note that I dont want to use SVN/Git for this I just want to be able to edit files quickly and see changes via http://myproject. Please make another note that there are other machines on the network and I expect at least minimum password protection (when saving changes).

Please help me finding the best solution for this

speeves · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-09 15:38:35Z

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I like to use webDAV:

Dav On
DavLockDB /usr/local/apache2/var/DavLock

<Location /foo>
  Dav On

  AuthType Basic
  AuthName DAV
  AuthUserFile user.passwd

  <LimitExcept GET OPTIONS>
    require user admin
  </LimitExcept>
</Location>

Then on the client computer, Map a network drive to your web folder similar to these instruction:

http://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Setting+Up+WebDAV+in+Windows+7

Good luck!

answered Jan 9, 2012 at 15:38

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TroodoN-Mike Over a year ago

Looks like a not bad idea, I will try to configure and let you know how did it go. Thank you.

Uday Sawant · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-09 13:58:01Z

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You can enable FTP on your linux box. set up FTP on ubuntu

Then get some FTP client like FileZilla for your windows system. install it, connect to your newly created FTP server and you are done.
I am not sure about how to connect netbeans to ftp, but you can use some file editing tools like PSPad which provides inbuilt FTP support. Alternatively if you can use eclipse it supports FTP transfer for sure.

answered Jan 9, 2012 at 13:58

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TroodoN-Mike Over a year ago

FTP is too slow :( I think im going to use samba and restrict to IP addres by using: allow hosts 192.168.1.2

Tom Macdonald Over a year ago

Over a local network, FTP will be fast enough. Just make sure that your editor supports FTP.

TroodoN-Mike Over a year ago

my netbeans does support ftp but its too slow to me :(

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