ssh or ftp for writing scripts?

[el_roachmeister]

I wonder do most php coders use ftp or ssh (terminal login) to write
php scripts? I use ssh because my host offers it, but I notice most
hosts that charge less than $10/month don't offer ssh. Are there are
any tools one can use to write long scripts (>5000 lines of code)?

[Daniel Tryba]

el*************@yahoo.com wrote:

I wonder do most php coders use ftp or ssh (terminal login) to write
php scripts?
My guess is that most writer use an editor to write and test on their
test machine and then deploy it using a (hopefully secure (as in
encrypted as well as properly synchronizing local and remote files))
method (like cvs over ssh).
I use ssh because my host offers it, but I notice most hosts that
charge less than $10/month don't offer ssh. Are there are any tools
one can use to write long scripts (>5000 lines of code)?

You might wonder if you are doing something wrong writing 5000+ lines of
script...

[Hans Fleischmann]

el*************@yahoo.com wrote:

I wonder do most php coders use ftp or ssh (terminal login) to write
php scripts?
I mostly use a text-editor. UltraEdit when I'm on Windows, vim on *NIXes.
I use ssh because my host offers it, but I notice most
hosts that charge less than $10/month don't offer ssh. Are there are
any tools one can use to write long scripts (>5000 lines of code)?

I never noticed any problems with the previously mentioned editors and
I've been hacking in some huge files with 'em. I must admit that I've
never written over 5k of code in a single file.

Hans