Collaborative Working With PHP (ZF)

[GeeHock]

Hi All,

 

Myself and a colleague are looking to start a new web project with the Zend Framework, and would like to share the development duties pretty much 50/50. What I am interested in, is wether there are standard tools for collaborative working with PHP?

 

We currently use Zend Studio and Dreamweaver (I use ZS for coding whiles my colleague uses DW for design work), but what I would like to do is essentially make sure we are not both editing the same files concurently. Ideally, I would like us to have to check out files to work on, with the management software not letting you check out a file that the other person has checked out.

 

I know something like this exists in DW, but I was wondering if there was anything we could use that would plug in to both ZS and DW, or was software indipendent.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Gary

[Maq]

There should be version control plug-ins for each one.  After that, it doesn't matter, it's the files that are under version control, not the software.  When you open your editor it's a good idea to update from the HEAD first to ensure you have the latest copy from the repository.

 

As long as you both are using the same type of version control and are checked out from the same repo, it shouldn't matter if you are using different editors.

[GeeHock]

Cheers for the swift reply. I've used Subversion before, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. What I would like is something that physically won't allow a file to be checked out if it is checked out by someone else.

[Maq]

Cheers for the swift reply. I've used Subversion before, but it's not quite what I'm looking for. What I would like is something that physically won't allow a file to be checked out if it is checked out by someone else.

 

I see.  Sorry, I'm not aware of any services of the sort off the top of my head.

 

I know SVN has an option where you can disable multiple check outs.

 

Good luck.