Re: Help with PHP setup

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:32, Van L <van@scratch.space> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> I am trying to set emacs up so that I can use it for PHP development.
>>> 
>>> What I am looking for: 
>>> a) A way to open the files, via my vagrant or lampp setup, in the browser.
>>> b) Update the view in the browser as I save changes to the file in the 
>>> editor.
>>> c) Switch the view in the browser as I switch from file to file and 
>>> continue to see the updates upon save.
>>> 
>>> I have tried the 'impatient-mode' and found it jittery. I do not 
>>> necessarily need 'Live-Preview' ... just update upon save.
>>> 
>>> If I can configure Emacs I won't have to bother learning other editors and 
>>> can concentrate on the learning.
>> 
>> Same here. Any hint on how to do a live update in localhost or somewhere 
>> where the php code can be run ?
> 
> At a guess, are you trying to do the following?
> 
> - You have a host: php-dev.example.com 
> 
> - You have a file there /-:php-dev.example.com:/usr/local/site/info.php
> 
> - You have ssh terminal access using `ssh php-dev.example.com`
> 
> - You want to add the line `<pre>x</pre>` in info.php? and see the result in 
> Firefox web browser as 
> https://php-dev.example.com/info.php

Something like this except I'm working on localhost with a running Apache 
server etc.


Jean-Christophe Helary
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