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If it existed, Phpss would be a simple website synchronization tool.

If it existed, it would be designed to be deployed on the source machine and will replicate files and a database to a remote target machine by FTP.

This is one of my random ideas. Feel free to implement it!

• PHP Site Sync, pronnounced “peeps”.

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How it is used ∞

• The user uploads the peeps script to its own directory
• The user visits example.com/phpss/index.php
• The user completes the configuration screen and then performs the action.

• During the action, a log is created. When the action has concluded, the logfile is available to download.

Main Features ∞

• Intelligently copy or synchronize all files and folders from the source to the target.

• Copy one database.

  • Optionally drop the database.

• Automatically detect if settings are incorrect.

  • Test database access permissions.
  • Test filesystem read/write permissions.

Future features ∞

• Extensive logging to a text file.

  • The logfile is compressed when the peeps activity has concluded successfully.
  • Report the logfile sizes (compressed and uncompressed)
  • Download the logfile (compressed or uncompressed)
  • Online viewing.
• Copying many directories.

• Copying a directory with many files. (over 100k)

Possible future features ∞

• Copying very large files over an unreliable connection.
• Copy more than one database.
• Estimated time to completion.
• Reporting on the changes between the source and target machines.
• Resume a failed copy.
• Display warnings while copying.

• Pause the copy if a warning occurs. Be able to resume it.

  • abort the copy process, retry this file, skip this file

Mockups ∞

This used to be a set of prettier tables, but that doesn’t really matter much to get the point across.

Files ∞

Target FTP Configuration

• FTP Address: __
• Port Number: __
• Username: __

• Password: __

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Target SFTP Configuration

Note: Secure FTP requires SSH access.

• FTP Address: __
• Port Number: __
• Username: __

• Password: __

[_] Use FTP
[_] Use SFTP

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Target Filesystem Actions

• Copy

  • Copy all directories and files from the source to the target.
  • This overwrites files on the target!

• Synchronize

  • The target becomes an exact copy of the source.
  • This overwrites files on the target!
  • This deletes files from the target!

Databases ∞

Target Database Configuration

Database 1

• Machine name: __
• Database name: __
• Username: __

• Password: __

Use which database?
[x] Database 1

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Target Database Actions

• Copy

  • Copy the database from the source to the target.
  • This overwrites entries in the target database!

• Synchronize

  • The target becomes an exact copy of the source.
  • This drops the database before copying!

Other ∞

Notes

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