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by alt227 577 days ago
> Right, but unless you have an ftp server or quick ssh access

These days all of that is built right into IDEs

> Is this something you do?

Yes. After linking my IDE to a remote location I can then noodle around with scripts to test whatever. The immediate nature of PHP means the instant you hit ctrl-s your changes are live online.

> If you’re running this on a server you’re most likely going to have app/code caching (apc Or opcache) switched on so you’ll need to restart the server anyway

In prod yes, but in dev environments all that is switched off as its not needed.