Working with files on the network
Hello!
I just download PhpStorm. The files that I need to work with are located to another machine on the network (\\Deployment\project or \\192.168.1.2\project).
From what I read PhpStorm does not support directly work with network files and for good reasons.
How can I make it work? Mapping the network location as a hard drive might be a solution but again it will have those "network bugs-hiccups" (as many of you state in the site).
What other solutions do I have?
Thank you!
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Hi there,
Yes -- mounting network location locally (e.g. separate drive letter on Windows) is the way to go if you really want to work with files over network.
But that is not recommended .. as IDE requires really fast access to source files at any time .. so you may see those "short freezes and delays" out of nowhere when editing your code (mainly in code completion). For some users it works acceptable, but some (most) will see those annoying delays (really short or longer & noticeable -- depends on your network and PC as well as project size and actual code).
The solution is to have local version of all those files (the source) and then setup automatic deployment (if needed) to automatically copy local changes to your network location when file gets saved (https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/Deployments+in+PhpStorm)