Create new PHP project in Eclipse (existing sources)

Question

I have a PHP project sat on a remote server.

Can I create a new project in Eclipse by downloading the sources from the remote server.

If so, some instructions on how to do so please.

Solution 1

There is no direct way to do that, at least with standard install of Eclipse PHP

You would usually use "File > Import..." or "File > New Project > PHP Project..." menus for that, but I have never seen this option anywhere in Eclipse.

So this is one of three solutions :

• get a local copy of the php code
• import from source repository (e.g SVN, CVS, Git). (you do use one of these for your project, do you ?)
• switch to another IDE, NetBeans, which support "PHP Application from Remote Server", while being lighter IMHO.

Solution 2

It depends on the type of source control software. You can install git, svn or cvs modules. The steps to take are:

1. Install module for git, svn or cvs
2. Create new {git|svn|cvs} project, enter the server information
3. Then it takes you to what kind of project to create, so create a PHP project. (This assumes that there isn't an eclipse project already submitted to version control.)

Comments

[Rooneyl]

Thanks for your answer, some projects don't use SVN. I normally use Netbeans, but also do a bit of Android and LUA/Corona so just wanted to try and keep everything 'under one roof'