PhpStorm watch changes and upload to remote server

Question

Is it possible to tell PhpStorm to watch a file and if the file is changed (like compiling from scss to css) PhpStorm will automatically upload the compiled css file to the remote server?

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Solution is "Upload external changes" under "Deployment Options". its uploading my compiled file automatically if I am work around the scss files.

Answer 1

Yes. This is done from the "Deployment" section in Phpstorm > Settings (see the screenshot). Take a look at the instructions here: Deploying PHP Applications with PhpStorm.

It involves:

1. Configuring a deployment server (see 1.1 - 1.3)
2. Uploading a file to the server (see 3).

Once the server is set up, you can Upload files manually:

Tools > Deployment > Upload to Default Server

Or automatically:

Tools > Deployment > Automatic Upload

I prefer using the manual upload option (with a hotkey) to have more control.

In the screenshot, my deployment server is a local XAMPP htdocs folder on my mac. Your configuration will be different, but it's the same concept.