PHP deployment Solution

[pfong]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm looking for a solution to management deployment of updates to a PHP system.

 

I would like to have a semi automated process to deploy a code base from a SVN repository to either a testing or live server.

 

Could anyone point me in the right direction ?

 

How do other's manage their PHP systems and do updates etc ?

 

Cheers,

Patrick

 

 

[trq]

Theirs many a solution to this problem depending on the situation. Personally, I deploy my application via Debians apt-get and custom repositories, but then again, my application is deployed on only Debian OS's.

 

The most flexible solution is likely to write your own upgrade manager right into the application itself , but really, just asking for the best solution is a little too vague to offer any real advice.

 

Is your application deployed across many different OS's/environments?

[pfong]

Thanks for the reply Thorpe.

 

I haven't as yet started writing the application. We're a way off that yet. Currently we are only planning to run it on Linux.

[trq]

If you haven't written the application as yet and Linux is as broad as an environment as you are concentrating on at the moment then I would suggest writing the deployment framework right into the application itself. All it really need do is (from the deployment) check a repository for updates and if they exist download, configure and place them into a working environment.