Zend Studio FTP manager problem – dont see files

by Gabi Solomon

Today i wanted to start work on a new project, so i open my Zend Studio Editor and add the FTP details for the new project in the File System ( feature that i love in Zend Studio ). But to my surprise something was not completely right.

The FTP seem to be added correctly, upon clicking connect it seem to connect just right, the color would turn to black from the unconnected gray, but the files and folders on the FTP would not show up. I spent one hour trying a bunch of stuff out. I tried reading the FTP Server, closing and reopening Zend Studio, even tried to restart windows as a disparate act. Nothing worked.

I tried googling the problem but no results came about this problem.

After some little thinking i tried adding exception to the windows firewall, with no luck, even disabled it but the same situation. Tried to do the same with the NOD antivirus system. Nothing seem to do the trick.

Before you comment if the FTP details were correct, they are … i tested them in a FTP client and it worked.

Finally just a few minutes ago i found the solution !
The problem was that when i added the FTP Server at Initial Directory: i usualy left the default value of /, and the Editor would usually find the correct value which would be the account username on most cases. But for some reason on this FTP Server it didn’t do that so it tried to access the servers root folder where i didnt have any rights …. so no files to show.

I am glad i manage to fix this, and not use the E-TextEditor ( the FTP Server worked in it ) which although is a pretty nice editor with a lot of cool features, does not rock my boat. I got used to the Zend Studio interface and it would very hard for me to change to something else now.

Hope you find this article useful and find it when you encountered the same problem and maybe save some time.

Cheers

Date July 02, 2008 at 17:14
Under Editors, Programing, software Tags: ftp, manager, problem, studio, zend
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mrquiros1980

I'm sorry to say that...Zend Studio FTP is a big sh*****t !! It hangs constantly, making impossible to upload files or work directly on the server, so until they (Zend) dont solve that, this is not usable under production enviroments. That's a pity because it has great tools to work with proyects but that trouble make it impossible to work with. I have been using PHP Designer on Win, but now I have a Mac and this is the only one that fits my needs, as it has a nice interface, code completion, links to included files within the proyect and so, as it has PHP Designer (the best for me) See you!

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