Can php files be safely edited by FP ???

[Tony M]

I am just getting acquainted with setting up a Bulletin Board and have been
using FP to work on the .tpl files and the .php files

I experienced difficulty in FTP.ing the files. when viewed on the server
the code had not changed and yet the time stamp showed the php file had been
received (it went as an ASCII ).

In the BB Forum the Guys said "And I quote"

Never use FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or their ilk to edit or FTP phpbb files.
They will be corrupted. Use a plain text editor, like Notepad or Araneae,

Is there any truth in this ?

I eventually used Tex Pad to alter the php file, then uploaded and the file
was correct on the server side.

An opinion from a Tec would be helpful as I use FP for most things.

Tony M

 

[Keith Richards]

Because I've been bitten many times uploading .php files with FP I now use
Smart FTP client for that purpose.
It works every time - as I'm sure all ftp clients will - unlike the
hitty/missy/unstable uploading of .php files with FP.
Heck, even Windows Explorer will probably work (My Network Places, add
network place, ftp://ftp.yoursite.com) - it couldn't be any more of a
failure than FP at uploading FTP files.

I have also successfully used Ipswich's WS_FTP under XP and Win2k until I'd
paid for the support, got none and it wasn't supported under Vista.

Smart FTP is kinda free and the link is here: http://www.smartftp.com/

Try it. you'll like it!

HTH

 

[Ronx]

FrontPage 2002 and earlier will publish (either using HTTP or FTP) .php
files as binaries, which is OK for a Windows server, but causes
corruption when uploading to Linux. In FP2003 you can set which
extensions are text files for FTP - .php has to be added to the default
list.

Many users successfully edit .php files with FrontPage, but many others
have problems.