ahsankhatri/FTP-File-Difference-Utility

A simple utility to find difference between files on local & remote in just one load

File Difference Finder for Local & Remote Directories

What is this?

A utility to find file differences between local & remote in just one load, i used Filezilla File Difference but i had to go through to the entire directory to find the differences so made this utility, it will scan all files & folders under directories that will be mentioned in rule list. You can add some folders to ignore list to increase response time. File difference algorithm is simple and it is not precise enough as it is initial version. Best usage will be when you're working on existing project or unfortunately not taking advantages of any VCS.

P.S: UI ain't good enough, i would appreciate if anyone help me out in UI. Please fork this repo and create a pull request for that.

Requirement

• PHP 5.3 or above.
• fileDiff-client.php is supposed to be in your development machine (as it might expose your codebase)

Setup Guide

• Open fileDiff-server.php, Add your folders to scan and ignore variable (make sure path should be relative or full path)
• Upload fileDiff-server.php to your accessible server.
• Open fileDiff-client.php, Specify your basepath, HTTP URL path of that file which we uploaded fileDiff-server.php Add your folders to ignore on local to scan
• Update and make sure ENCRYPTION_KEY is same on both client and server file.
• Thats it. You're ready to go

Configure Difference Viewer for files (Optional)

• Checkout https://github.com/chrisboulton/php-diff library anywhere in your system.
• Set absolute path in fileDiff-client.php for PHP_DIFF_LIBRARY_PATH constant.

Folder Scan Guide

• Wildcard folder scanning supported on both client and server file.
• Classes/*.php will scan each files under Classes directory with extension .php
• .txt will scan .txt files under basePath directory.

Ignore Scanning Guide

• */error_log will ignore scanning on every directory, but error_log will just ignore on basePath root.

Disclaimer

• I'm not responsible for any loss or damage occurred upon usage of this library/utility. Use at your own risk.

TODO :: 7th-Apr-2015

1. Add this revision (file) to ignore.
2. Upload/Download selected file(s) to remote.
3. Add multiple comparison type currently signature base method supported