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By PHP Builder Staff<\/div>\n
on September 4, 2009<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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\nIntroduction\n<\/div>\n
\nThere is a plethora of different PHP Integrated
\nDevelopment Environments (IDEs) available for the developer,
\nwith many of them available for free, but not many of them
\naddress one issue–the ability to access and use your choice
\nof IDE when you do not have access to the application on
\nyour local machine.\n<\/div>\n
\nPHP developers, just like most IT professionals, are often
\non the go, working from various locations. You could be
\nworking in your office one day, at a conference in a remote
\nlocation the next day, and from a client’s business office
\nthe next. When you don’t have your trusty laptop with you,
\neven if you have access to someone else’s computer, quite
\noften you may not have all the tools you need to finish up a
\nlast minute project while you are on the go. A new SAS
\n(Software As a Service) application called PHPanywhere is
\ndesigned with the on-the-go PHP developer in mind.\n<\/div>\n
\nPHPanywhere is not just a stand-alone IDE, it’s designed
\nwith project collaboration in mind. With a built-in FTP
\nclient and syntax editor built right in, it makes this tool
\nuniquely appropriate for developer teams as well as
\nindividual programmers. Best of all, it works directly in
\nyour web browser!\n<\/div>\n
\nThe first thing you need to do is register<\/a> on
\nthe PHPanywhere.com website. It only takes a couple minutes,
\nand you’ll need to click a verification link in the email
\nwhich you will receive a few minutes after you register.
\nOnce that’s done, you can login and you will be presented
\nwith a welcome screen that will allow you to start a new
\nproject, add an FTP server and begin working.\n<\/div>\n

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\nOnce you’ve added a new project by clicking the Create link
\nin the drop down button in the left hand pane, you’ll want
\nto setup the web server that is associated with your new
\nproject. In my case, I added a project called WVP, and added
\nan FTP server (in the same way using the drop down button)
\nthat contains all the files associated with my WVP project.\n<\/div>\n
\nThe FTP Server feature enables you to change file
\npermissions on all of your files, as well as the ability to
\nadd, create and delete directories. All in all, it’s a
\ndecent browser-based FTP client that’s built right into the
\nproduct.\n<\/div>\n
\nBy clicking the plus sign next to the FTP Servers button in
\nthe left pane, I was presented with all the directories on
\nmy selected web server (you can add as many servers as you
\nwish using the FTP server feature). I was then able to
\ndouble click on a PHP file within a directory on my server,
\nand that PHP file was then opened in the syntax code editor
\nin the pane on the right side of my browser window.\n<\/div>\n

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\nThe Syntax Code editor features, among other enhancements:\n<\/div>\n
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