FAQ
PHPstorm - Upload files with FTP
How to setup PHPstorm to be able to upload files using FTP
# 1 > Enable Remote Host
The first time 'Remote host' might not be activated
- Navigate to Tools
- Deployement
- Browse Remote Host
# 2 > Credentials
Enter your credentials
-> Ftp host: eg ftp.domain.com
-> User name
-> Password
Root path
-> ensure this leads to the folder on the server which has the dev files (you can click the ... to use the file manager to do this)
Checkbox 'save password'
# 3 > Setup Mappings
Click on the second tab to configure the mappings
Ensure the local path
-> leads to the 'trunk' of your project
Ensure the Deployement path on server ....
-> Leads to the remote folder for DEV files (becuase you already set the root path in the previous step you can leave this /)
-> If you did NOT set the Root path in the previous step you would need to set the path to the dev files on the remote server
Leave Web path /