FTP and SSH access for Eclipse

You can edit files on a server using Eclipse!

Steps for installing FTP/SSH client plugin for Eclipse

  1. Install Eclipse for PHP Developers
  2. Go to 'Help' -> 'Install New Software'
  3. In 'Work with' drop-down select the main download page for your version of eclipse
  4. In the filter field, type 'remote'
  5. Check the box next to 'Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime'
  6. Install the plugin

Once the plugin is installed, and eclipse is restarted

  1. Window -> Perspective -> Open Perspective -> 'Other' -> Remote System Explorer
  2. File -> New -> Other -> Remote System Explorer -> Connection -> FTP/SSH
  3. Fill in your FTP/SSH server info
  4. In the Remote Systems panel, right-click the hostname and click 'connect'
  5. Enter username + password
  6. Edit the files located under "Files > My Home"

    7. Any saves made in Eclipse will be live. Don't mess anything up.
    You may need to CTRL F5 to get new changes